summer time
noun1
UK daylight saving time
- When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railways and Summer Time”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:
- Derived terms
- British Double Summer Time, British Summer Time, Central European Summer Time, Double Summer Time, Eastern European Summer Time, European Summer Time, Irish Summer Time, Middle European Summer Time, Moscow Summer Time, West Africa Summer Time, Western European Summer Time