When and why do the clocks go back?

Willet died of influenza in 1915 at the age of 58, a year before his clock-changing plan was adopted by the Germans and the UK.

Nowadays we spring forward and hour in March/April and fall back in October.

It’s been around for decades, but now there is a new push to end daylight saving time in Michigan. And remember, winter is coming.

In recent years, there have been calls for the United Kingdom to adopt European time, by not putting back the clocks during the autumn.

This was to make use of the daytime and prevent wasting it first thing in the morning during the summer.

So as of 2am Britain will be back on Greenwich Mean Time. When DST was introduced, lightbulbs were the primary use of household electricity.

The clock is turned back at the St Jacob Church in Hannover.

The clocks always go forward an hour on the last weekend in March in spring, and go back on the last weekend of October in autumn.

The very first idea of British Summer Time, also known as Daylight Saving Time, was introduced in 1907 by a builder named William Willett.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) warns that a more pressing issue now is the number of road traffic accidents that daylight savings appears to cause, citing an annual spike in incidents after late October.

Moving the clock forward in the spring reduces the number of waking hours between sunset and bedtime (since bedtime remains static while sunset occurs an hour later, according to the clock). And don’t forget to change you clock before work on Monday!

54% will spend the extra hour in bed, 14% will get out and embrace the day.