Related questions

Q.What year did the clocks go back

A.G.V. Hudson invented modern Daylight Savings Time, proposing it first in 1895. The clocks have been changed twice a year since 1916.

Q.What would happen if the clocks werent moved back every year, would parts of the country be in darkness?

A.If the clocks were not moved back and forward during the year, the country would experience lots of dark mornings in winter and dark evenings in summer.

Q.Why do the clocks automaticly go bak an hour in winter?

A.It was the government who decided the clocks should go forward and back an hour, to maximise daylight. This has been done twice a year since 1916.