When Do We Put The Clocks Back?
It is quite common in many countries to change the clocks so as to achieve a maximisation and efficient utilization of daylight hours.
Daylight Saving
The time on the clocks is altered in this way, twice a year, by varying advancing or pulling back the time on the clock by an hour to make the most of the available daylight, which is crucial for many industries to operate efficiently. This alteration made to the time on the clocks is a technique to make sure that, during the months of winter when there is a lesser amount of daylight received, daylight is maximized. Also during the summer months, when more daylight is received, we turn the clocks so that more of the daylight falls during the evenings, which brings about extension of the day.
When Do We Put The Clocks Back or Forward?
Changing of clocks is not very common in equatorial regions though, because countries lying near the equator experience a very minute difference in daylight hours than the rest of the countries.
Now the question that arises is, “When do we put clocks back or forward?” As a general trend in most countries, clocks alter at 2a.m. This implies that, when clocks are pulled back during the fall, time that was supposed to be 2a.m. now becomes 1a.m., and as a result provides the day with 25 hours and not the conventional 24 hours. In a similar manner, clocks change in the spring at 2 a.m. This implies that, time that was supposed to be 2a.m.now becomes 3a.m., and as a result provides the day with 23 hours.
Not all countries perform this change in clock uniformly. Each country has its own date on which the time is altered; so, you need to check this locally!