![]() ![]() In the antipodes, New Zealand moved its clocks forward at the end of September and Australian states that observe daylight saving (New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory) made the switch on the first Sunday in October. In the US, clocks go back on the first Sunday in November. ![]() What is happening this year?Īll EU member states move clocks back one hour on Sunday, under a law that harmonises the duration of wintertime to prevent a proliferation of different seasonal changes across neighbouring countries. Many countries dropped the ruse after 1918, only readopt it during the energy crises of the 1970s. The UK took the plunge in May 1916 and has stuck with it ever since. The idea of fiddling with time to save energy or make the day seem longer goes back more than 200 years, though it was not until the first world war that it was finally taken seriously.Ĭoal shortages throughout Europe prompted Germany and its ally Austria-Hungary to take up daylight saving in 1916 to preserve energy, and a flurry of other nations on both sides of the conflict quickly followed suit. Photograph: hogsvilleBrit/GuardianWitness When did it all start? Sundial on the Wedding Tower on the Darmstadt Mathildenhöhe.
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