Clocks will go forward again on Sunday 27 March 2016. That will end daylight saving time for the year, making sunrise and sunset an hour earlier.
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As more people switch to energy efficient light sources, the energy savings that an extra hour of daylight in the morning produces are no longer that significant.
The clock is turned back at the St Jacob Church in Hannover.
We’ll all be grateful for an extra hour in bed, or an extra 60 minutes to party the night away. The lighter mornings saved Britain an estimated £2.5m in fuel costs when it was introduced.
Seventy-two percent of the population of Germany’s southernmost state would be in favour of abolishing the twice-yearly clock changes, according to a survey published on Thursday – an increase from 69 percent previous year.
Ireland’s summertime arrangements have been agreed with the European Union since 1981, as a means to standardise time changes to improve trade and transport across the EU. The rest of the year is considered the exception, or “saving time”.
The period when the clocks are one hour ahead is called British Summer Time (BST).
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.
What’s more, a few studies have shown that on the Monday after the change to summer time traffic accidents are more likely.
Daylight saving time used to end in late October, but Congress in 2007 moved it back to the first Sunday of November.
When do I change my clock?
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Most smart phone owners needn’t worry about changing the time on their devices as most network operators make the adjustment for you.
