On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 11:10:41 +0000, Alister wrote: > On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 07:52:36 +0000, Bob Martin wrote: >>>>>we dont have "Daylight saving time" we switch between GMT (Greenwich >>>>>Mean Time) and BST (British Summer Time) at some point in the past we >>>>>have also used DST (Double Summer Time). >>>> >>>> British Summer Time *is* Daylight Saving Time. >>> >>>My point is in the UK we have never refered to it as Daylight saving >>>Time that is an Americanism :-) >> >> Sorry, but you are wrong again! >> Just Google it. > > Wikipedia > > Daylight saving time (DST)—usually referred to as Summer Time in the > United Kingdom > > I had never heard the term daylight savings untill windows added it as a > tick box.
or a more Authoritave souce https://www.gov.uk/when-do-the-clocks-change The period when the clocks are 1 hour ahead is called British Summer Time (BST). -- The earth is like a tiny grain of sand, only much, much heavier. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
