AN EXTRA hour in bed beckons this weekend with British Summer Time ending at 2am, so don’t forget to turn back your clocks by one hour.
Clocks on most internet-connected devices, including smartphones, TVs and tablets, will do the change but don’t forget to update your watches and analogue clocks.
The idea of summer time or daylight saving time was first mentioned in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin, the American inventor, scientist and statesman. However, it wasn’t until 1907 that a serious proposal for daylight saving time was made in Britain by William Willett.
Angry at the waste of daylight during summer mornings, he self-published a pamphlet called "The Waste of Daylight".
In 1916, a year after Willett’s death, Germany became the first country to adopt daylight saving time. The UK did the same a few weeks later, along with many other nations involved in the First World War (1914-1918).
Within a few years of its introduction, many countries across the world adopted Daylight Saving Time. However, the benefits of it have been an ongoing debate since it was first introduced.
For this who can’t wait for BST to return then Sunday March 28 , 2021 is the date for your diary.