Daylight Saving Time change 2015: When to turn back your clocks

For those in Europe and the United States, Saturday night marked the end of the daylight saving time, but the Turkish government delayed the time change by two weeks this year, in light of the upcoming parliamentary elections on 1 November.

The end of Daylight Savings Time is a time in the autumn when the clocks are turned back an hour in anticipation of the long winter nights. Still, many citizens unaware of the postponement wound up arriving at the polls an hour early.

Many in Turkey reported that their smartphones and other electronic devices automatically updated in keeping with other countries in the Eastern European Time zone.

The confusion over whether or not the clocks had changed saw the phrase “What time is it now?” trending on Turkey across Twitter, according to the BBC.

Turkey has postponed time changes before, citing important national events.

A few people blamed it on Turkey’s president Erdogan, as one user said, “For the next two weeks #Turkey is on EEST…”

Seasonal time changes are usually scheduled for a weekend to lessen disruption to the weekday schedule. While the clock might say 7 a.m. and that there is still another hour of sleep to be had, for dogs and cats it is 8 a.m. and time for breakfast, so be prepared for that routine lick in the face in the morning – one hour earlier. “Hence we’re all very confused”.

Each equipment manufacturer has to issue a new Daylight Saving Time software time patch that needs to be applied on each device like smart phones and computers, to reflect the correct time.