It happens twice a year, but the clocks changing still catches many of us off guard. While there's plenty to look forward to in autumn and winter - including Halloween, Bonfire Night and, of course, Christmas - it also brings with it colder days and darker nights.
The UK also changes from British Summer Time (BST), sometimes called Daylight Saving Time, to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Clocks go forward by one hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March to mark the beginning of BST.
There’s more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings, sometimes called Daylight Saving Time. Read more: Chef Gary Usher saved treasured village pub from developers who planned to knock it down and build flats In autumn, the clocks go back by an hour at 2am.
This year, the change happens the day before Halloween, on Sunday October 30 - the last Sunday of the month. One way of remembering which way the time changes is through the phrase,' Spring forward, fall backwards.' The clocks going back means we will get an extra hour of sleep, which might be good news.
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