Backwards Clock | The clock that really does go backwards

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This gives everyone an extra hour in bed and helps us prepare for the colder months when daylight hours are shorter.

Similarly, the economic and environmental advantages can vary: for some warmer regions, it’s thought that longer evenings may actually increase energy consumption as people use air-conditioning units for more hours The change was introduced to give farmers an extra hour of sunlight to work following the First World War. All European countries, except for Belarus and Iceland, now use daylight saving time during the winter months, switching their time on the same night as the UK.

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Any device in your home connected to the internet, such as smartphones, laptops, tablets and TVs will automatically change. Daylight saving, or summer time, is a mechanism to make the most of increased summer daylight hours in the northern hemisphere. Large Stopwatch - Use the Stopwatch in FULL SCREEN. Great for meetings, classrooms, conferences, schools, anywhere really... :-) It was first introduced in the UK by the government during the First World War in 1916 to save coal usage and make the most of natural light.