Although it happens every year, many of us are still caught unawares by the clocks changing.
The time on your smartphone and laptop will change automatically, but you will have to manually adjust the time on your oven, car, and wall clocks.
We’re currently using British Summer Time (BST) – which means that the next change will see the clocks go back, moving us into Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
But when will this change happen?
Here is all you need to know so you can sleep easy.
When do the clocks go backwards in 2021?
The clocks go back on Halloween this year – Sunday, October 31.
Fortunately, that means we’ll be blessed with an extra hour in bed, rather than losing any sleep.
From then on, we’ll officially be back on Daylight Savings Time (DST) – rather than British Summer Time (BST).
That also means the nights will start to get darker faster, cumulating in the longest night of the year: Tuesday, December 21 for 2021.
When will the clocks next spring forward?
In spring 2022, the clocks will ‘spring forward’ an hour.
That means we’ll lose an hour in bed, but we’ll start to notice lighter nights.
The switch will happen on Sunday, March 27, and we’ll be officially on BST from then on.
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