Why do the clocks go back this weekend?

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 Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 10:22

by MEGAN STRINGER
It is that time of year again when people will get an extra hour of sleep as this weekend, the clocks are due to go back one hour in the early hours of Sunday morning.


The clocks change on the last weekend in March and October each year, and last went forward on 27th March.
Although it doesn’t feel like summer has truly gone here in Gibraltar with the warm weather we have been having for quite some weeks, the change in time means that the days will be shorter and it will get dark earlier.
At 3am on Saturday, the clocks will change to 2am, so the days may seem shorter from now until March when they go forward once again.
The clocks always change on a weekend and not a weekday. The weekend was chosen because many thought it would be the least disruptive for those who work or go to school.

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