Why does my MBP think it's 10:20?

I am reliably informed that the current time in England is 9:20 pm
My MBP however, believes it to be 10:20 pm
I know what you're all thinking, check your date and time settings, you've set it to the wrong region. But my date and time is synched with Apple Europe (time.euro.apple.com) and the time zone is set to London - England BST (British summer time)
My iBook on the other hand which, has the exact same settings, has the correct time.
So why.. is my MBP a hour ahead?

I should mention, although I see it having little bearing.. that the iBook is running panther whereas the MBP, is running tiger

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1277
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