{"id":16921,"date":"2019-10-23T14:52:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T13:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/?p=16921"},"modified":"2020-04-07T10:29:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:29:58","slug":"what-is-daylight-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/what-is-daylight-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Daylight Savings?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Daylight Savings takes place between spring and autumn when\nwe adjust the clocks to gain an hour of evening sun. Also called British\nSummertime, Daylight Savings was first introduced to the UK in 1916. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst the concept actually dates back over 200 years, it\nwasn\u2019t heard of in the UK until 1907. Attempting to stop the British workforce wasting\nvaluable hours of sunlight, builder William Willett published a pamphlet called\n\u2018The Waste of Daylight\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concept of changing the nation\u2019s clocks was rejected by\nparliament and largely forgotten until during the First World War. In 1916, countries\nacross Europe introduced Daylight Savings to help cut economic costs and fuel\nexpenditure. Over 100 years on, our clocks continue to \u2018Spring forward, Fall\nback\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>Winston Churchill<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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When do the clocks change?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The dates the clocks change differ from year to year. This year, Sunday 29th March marked the beginning of Daylight Savings. Now the clocks have changed, the UK is on British Summertime until Sunday 25th October 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n