summer time

See also: summertime and summer-time

English

Noun

summer time (uncountable)

1. (British) daylight saving time
   • 1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railways and Summer Time”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:

     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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

daylight saving time — see daylight saving time