At 2 AM local time on Sunday 25 October, the UK like most of Europe will put it clocks back by one hour as Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends. Most of the USA will follow a week later. In this post give an overview of DST, its pros and cons, why this practice is falling into disuse.
Originally posted October 2025 Revised March 2026 At 0100 UTC (2 AM local time) on Sunday 26 October, the UK like most of Europe will put it clocks back by one hour as is comes to an end of Daylight Saving Time. Most of the USA will follow a week later. In this post I'll… Continue reading The Clocks go Back 26 October 2025
At 0100 UTC (2 AM local time) on Sunday 27 October, the UK like most of Europe will put it clocks back by one hour at is comes to an end of Daylight Saving Time. Most of the USA will follow a week later. In this post I'll give an overview of DST and why… Continue reading Twice Yearly Clock Changes
In October 2026, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures decided to abolish leap seconds , ratifying an earlier decision made in November 2022. This change allows UTC to drift from mean solar time, potentially requiring a leap hour in thousands of years. The final leap second occurred on December 31, 2016.
In the early hours of Sunday 30 October the clocks go back an hour throughout most of Europe and daylight saving time (DST) comes to an end. In this post I'll talk about the practice of putting the clocks backwards and forwards and why it is falling out of favour The beginning of DST… Continue reading Daylight Saving Time ends 2022
