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The sun wouldn’t rise fully until 10am in some parts of Scotland in Winter and the dairy farmers who wake up before 5am would have to work for hours in the dark. Construction workers who need sunlight to perform their jobs would end up having to work later into the evening. Many people couldn't cope with the cold winter months.                                             

                                                                     William Willet

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In 1907 a man called William Willet introduced the idea of British Summer time also known as Daylight Saving Time. William wanted to prevent people from wasting hours of light during Summer mornings and forced to work in the Winter evenings.

What year was British Summer time introduced?

In 1916 one year after Willet’s death, British Summer Time introduced. It’s began on 21^st May and ended on 1^st October. This year marks 100 years since British Summer Time was first introduced. The clocks will be going back an hour tomorrow (October 30th) and its comes to an end and we revert to GMT Greenwich Mean Time.

Benefits of time change

Lighter evenings would have positive benefit for public health, because people drop their physical activity in Winter. People can save their energy costs because in summer people use less light and heating. The latest research says that around 100-lives would be saved a year by preventing accidents in the dark. Also its good for UK business,  they can join with the Central European Time. In UK many of the criminal offenses take place in the hours of darkness in the late afternoon or evening. Lighter evenings help reduce crime. Another good thing about time change is lighter evenings increase the tourism earnings.

Personally I don’t like the idea of going backwards an hour. Because I am so used to wake up at five o’clock. From tomorrow I will be up from four. I can’t change my inner clock. I am so used to it. But its good for young children, because they have to walk to School in a cold ,frosty ,windy, rainy and dark morning.

The coming Monday many workers will be late to work an hour, the same excuse every one will say ‘I didn’t realize the clock gone backwards today, I am so sorry’ :))

Dear friends, Thank you so much for taking your time reading. I appreciate it. If you are living in one of the countries which change their time please share your experience about the time change. You are much appreciated. Thank you!