Current time in London
London, United Kingdom · Europe/London
16:20:49
Saturday, 24 October 2026
4:20:49 PM · BST · UTC+01:00
Timezone details
- City: London
- Country: United Kingdom
- IANA timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: UTC+01:00
- Abbreviation: BST
- Daylight saving: Yes, DST is active now.
- Difference from UTC: 1 hour ahead of UTC
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Sunrise: 7:36 AM · Sunset: 5:52 PM
24-hour timeline
Typical business hours
Many offices in London keep weekday hours around 09:00–17:00 local time. That is a general planning range, not a claim about a specific employer. On the 24-hour bar, those hours are marked as working hours.
If you are calling from another timezone, compare London with another city and use the overlapping 09:00–17:00 helper.
How this time is calculated
The server converts the current UTC instant into Europe/London using PHP’s DateTimeZone database. The offset UTC+01:00 and DST flag are taken from that instant, so March and November transitions are included automatically. JavaScript then keeps the displayed clock ticking in the same zone.
About time in London
London uses Europe/London. The city switches between GMT and British Summer Time. That change is why the gap versus New York is usually five hours but can be four hours for a few weeks in March.