An electronic timepiece comprising: a receiver device that is configured to receive a satellite signal transmitted from a positioning information satellite; an outdoor detection device that is configured to detect being outdoors; a timekeeping device that is configured to keep time; a storage device that is configured to store at least a reception control start time and a scheduled reception time; and a control device that is configured to control the receiver device and includes a reception control unit that is configured to start reception control when the time kept by the timekeeping device reaches the reception control start time stored in the storage device, and when a preset stop reception control condition is met, to stop reception control until the next reception control start time, and a time correction unit that is configured to acquire time information contained in the satellite signal and to correct the time kept by the timekeeping device based on the acquired time information when satellite signal reception is successful; the reception control unit including an outdoor reception control unit that is configured to operate the receiver device and to execute an outdoor reception process when the outdoor detection device detects being outdoors, and a scheduled reception control unit that is configured to operate the receiver device and to execute a scheduled reception process when the time kept by the timekeeping device goes to the scheduled reception time, wherein during the time from the start time stored in the storage device until the next start time the reception control unit is configured to end reception control without executing the other reception process if satellite signal reception is successful in either the outdoor reception process or the scheduled reception process, but to execute the other reception process if satellite signal reception fails in either the outdoor reception process or the scheduled reception process during this time, and characterized in that the stop reception control condition is that the reception control unit executed the outdoor reception process once, and executed the scheduled reception process once, during the time from the start time stored in the storage device until the next start time. a receiver device that is configured to receive a satellite signal transmitted from a positioning information satellite; an outdoor detection device that is configured to detect being outdoors; a timekeeping device that is configured to keep time; a storage device that is configured to store at least a reception control start time and a scheduled reception time; and a control device that is configured to control the receiver device and includes a reception control unit that is configured to start reception control when the time kept by the timekeeping device reaches the reception control start time stored in the storage device, and when a preset stop reception control condition is met, to stop reception control until the next reception control start time, and a time correction unit that is configured to acquire time information contained in the satellite signal and to correct the time kept by the timekeeping device based on the acquired time information when satellite signal reception is successful; the reception control unit including an outdoor reception control unit that is configured to operate the receiver device and to execute an outdoor reception process when the outdoor detection device detects being outdoors, and a scheduled reception control unit that is configured to operate the receiver device and to execute a scheduled reception process when the time kept by the timekeeping device goes to the scheduled reception time, wherein during the time from the start time stored in the storage device until the next start time the reception control unit is configured to end reception control without executing the other reception process if satellite signal reception is successful in either the outdoor reception process or the scheduled reception process, but to execute the other reception process if satellite signal reception fails in either the outdoor reception process or the scheduled reception process during this time, and characterized in that the stop reception control condition is that the reception control unit executed the outdoor reception process once, and executed the scheduled reception process once, during the time from the start time stored in the storage device until the next start time.