When do the clocks change in 2024?

Daylight Savings Time (DST) – the process of moving clocks forward by one hour in the summer – was started in Germany in 1916.During World War One it was a way to save energy resources – fewer electric lights and less heating was needed in the lighter evenings – and boost productivity.Weeks after Germany introduced it, other countries adopted the idea, including the UK, where it was named British Summer Time (BST).During World War Two, the UK even had British Double Summer Time when clocks were advanced two hours. This meant that during winter, while clocks went back an hour, they were still one hour ahead of normal (GMT+1) to increase productivity.Since then there have been debates on whether British Summer Time should continue.One of the biggest arguments to keep it is that road traffic accidents decrease substantially in the lighter evenings during summer.Farmers also make most of the lighter evenings to be able work the land more.Others argue that changing the clocks twice a…