BST

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Annemehr" <annemehr at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God is the 
> Healing Force)" <n2fgc@> wrote:
> >
> > | Geoff
> > | Preparing to lose an hour's sleep as we go from GMT to 
> > | BST tonight....
> > 
> > [Lee]:
> > What does BST mean?
> > 
> > Here in NJ and on the east coast, we have EST and EDT as Eastern 
> Standard
> > Time and Eastern Daylight Time.  I understand the GMT, but never 
> heard BST.
> > 
> > Curious American Wants To Know. :-)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Lee :-)
> > 
> 
> BST is British Summer Time.  GMT does *not* change for summer time; 
> it is always the same, so when Britain goes on Summer Time, it is an 
> hour ahead of GMT.
> 
> GMT never changes for summer, because it is *the* time standard for 
> the world.
> 
> Annemehr
> not a Brit, but there you go

Geoff:
Most of the EU shifts forward an hour around this time of year so that the 
relative time zone differences between the countries remain the same.

We have had arguments raging for years in the UK as to whether to go over 
to GMT+1 all year round.