summer time

See also: summertime and summer-time

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summer time (uncountable)

  1. (Britain) 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.

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