Yes, it’s that time of the year again when people begin to wonder when do the clocks change. The final goodbye to the summer long hours of light and the welcome to the dark, cold winter! It happens at Spring time and again in a couple of weeks time. The easiest way to remember what happens when with the clocks? Keep on reading!
Daylight Saving Time is a consistent reminder of the seasonal shift and the clocks will shift back an hour, so more sleep for everybody!
When
We follow Greenwich Mean Time and at 2 am on Sunday, October 30 all clocks will turn back to 1 am.
A clever move would be to change your manually set clocks before you go to bed that night so that you hit the ground running when you wake up and it doesn’t interfere with the daily routine.
How
Devices such as iPhones, iPads and Macs will change the time for you, so you’ve no need to worry; if you are a Smartphone owner you should make sure the automatic update is set to your phone.
Why
George Vincent Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist, came up with the idea in 1895 however British businessman, William Willet, is credited with putting it in place to get up earlier in summer time to take a better advantage of the daylight.
First introduced during World War I by Germany and Austria and then by the allies, it was only adopted by the whole European Community in 1980.
There are still many countries around the world who don’t change their clocks such as China, Maldives, India, Thailand, Tunisia, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Philippines and Egypt!
How to remember which direction to change the clocks?
Spring forward, Fall back!
