Talk:Little Ben

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This is not true:

Unusually for clocks in Britain, Little Ben is set one hour in advance of Greenwich Mean Time throughout the year. During the summer this coincides with British Summer Time, while in the winter this is the same as Central European Time. Although this means that the clock displays the local time for only half the year, it does demonstrate a preference for neither Britain nor Europe. This sentiment is captured in the rhyming couplet Apology for Summer Time signed J.W.R. affixed to the body of the clock:

Bold text==one hour ahead== I went to the clock in the winter. And it was on gmt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.38.82 (talk) 06:27, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] One hour ahead

Okay, so one hour ahead is correct half the year. Do people just ignore it the other half? (And how can they be sure which half?) Why should what time it is in Europe be valuable for a street clock in Britain? This cries out for further explanation. --Dhartung | Talk 04:46, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

...if it's even true. Emeraude 16:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)