Why 11pm UK time? Because Central European time is one hour ahead of the UK, although the Worlds zero time zone (Greenwich Mean Time GMT or Universal Time Coordinate UTC) runs through London and Paris....

So Brexit happens at the end of EU time on the 31st January. Giving the UK another hour in that last day.

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