Current local time in London
Current time in London
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Europe/London · UTC+0
London splits the year between Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0) and British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1), the latter running from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. That is why a flat “London is UTC+0” answer is only right for part of the year. The clock above is always current. London is the zero point of the whole timezone system, but only in winter, which is why “London time” and “GMT” are not interchangeable from late March to late October.
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Time zone facts
- Standard time
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), UTC+0
- Summer time
- British Summer Time (BST), UTC+1
- Daylight saving
- Observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October
- IANA timezone
- Europe/London
Common questions
- What time is it in London right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current time in London, updated every second, with today's date and the day of the week beneath it. It reads your device's clock and converts it using the Europe/London rules, so it stays correct across daylight-saving changes.
- What is the UTC offset in London?
- GMT is UTC+0 and BST is UTC+1. London is on BST from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, and on GMT for the rest of the year.
- Does London observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Clocks go forward an hour for British Summer Time, which runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, and back again at the end of it.
- What is the IANA timezone for London?
- Europe/London. That is the identifier to use in code (a database column, a cron schedule, an Intl.DateTimeFormat call), because it carries the full history of offset and daylight-saving changes for London rather than one fixed number.