Current time in the Europe/London time zone

Europe/London is an IANA time zone used in United Kingdom. It is on standard time now, UTC+0 (GMT), until Sunday, March 28, 2027.

Europe/London at a glance

How Europe/London keeps time

Europe/London switches between two offsets: UTC+0 (GMT) for standard time and UTC+1 (BST) for daylight saving time. Below are the last changes and the ones scheduled next.

Recent and upcoming changes in Europe/London

The base offset of this zone changed in 1971, from UTC+1 to UTC+0. Old timestamps should be converted with the rule that applied at the time.

Countries and cities on Europe/London

Europe/London is used in United Kingdom. These are the largest cities in our list that follow it.

• London
• Birmingham
• Glasgow
• Manchester
• Sheffield
• Leeds
• Edinburgh
• Liverpool
• Bristol

Europe/London compared with other time zones

Differences change during the year when one side moves to or from daylight saving time, so the table shows January and July separately.

Other zones on UTC+0 right now

These IANA zones show the same time as Europe/London today. Their clock-change rules may differ.

• Africa/Abidjan
• Africa/Accra
• Africa/Bamako
• Africa/Banjul
• Africa/Bissau
• Africa/Casablanca
• Africa/Conakry
• Africa/Dakar
• Africa/El_Aaiun
• Africa/Freetown
• Africa/Lome
• Africa/Monrovia

Using Europe/London in software

Store and send the zone as its IANA name, Europe/London, not as a fixed offset. A fixed offset such as UTC+0 gives the wrong result after the next clock change.

Show the current time in Europe/London:

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Europe/London', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date());
# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.now(ZoneInfo('Europe/London'))
// PHP
(new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Europe/London')))->format('c');
# Shell
TZ=Europe/London date

Tools for time in Europe/London

• Convert a time to or from Europe/London: pick a date and time and see it in every city on your list.
• Add London to your world clock to keep it next to your own time.
• Find a meeting time that falls inside office hours in Europe/London and the other cities you work with.
• Open a full-screen clock for your own time zone.

Frequently asked questions

Time zone rules: IANA tz database, version 2026e. Place names and coordinates: GeoNames. Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the coordinates and can differ by a minute or two from local almanacs.