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British Summer Time (BST) will see the clocks go forward by one hour on Sunday, March 31, meaning the country will lose an hour of sleep on that day.
Brits are to see brighter mornings and evenings as the clocks go back by one hour in just a few days time.
British Summer Time (BST) will see the clocks go forward by one hour on Sunday, March 31, meaning the country will lose an hour of sleep on that day.
Each year, the clocks change twice - once in the spring and once in the autumn, in order for people to make the most out of increased daylight hours in the northern hemisphere.
The change does not have any effect on the length of the day, but the sunrise and sunset each appear an hour later in the summer, according to Royal Museums Greenwich.
Clocks will change again on Sunday, October 27, this year, when they will 'fall back' by one hour.
People will not need to change the time on their smartphone as this changes automatically, but microwaves, ovens and cars will all need to be manually changed.
The idea of BST was first brought up in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin, the American inventor.
However, it wasn't until 1907 that a serious proposal for daylight saving time was made in Britain by William Willett.
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He published a pamphlet called ‘The Waste of Daylight’ after growing frustrated at the waste of daylight hours during summer mornings. Germany was the first country to adopt daylight savings time in 1916, which was a year after William Willett's death.
The UK then followed suit a couple of weeks later and within a few years, many other countries across the world had adopted it.
However many are now arguing that the country should stay in BST all year round in order to keep nights lighter.