why do the clocks go back at 2am tongight and not 1am so it becomes midnight?? I don't understand how it works.
2006-10-28 10:28:01 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
why do the clocks go back at 2am tonight and not 1am so it becomes midnight?? I don't understand how it works.
2006-10-28 10:28:45 · update #1
Nobody knows why the UK can't keep the same time as the rest of Europe anyway, so how could we possibly make sense of the 2am thing. It's the law or government policy or maybe even an EU plot
2006-10-28 12:00:05 · answer #1 · answered by knoWall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To stop missing a day. Automated devices that would be turned back to midnight might get confused; "think" a new day was starting and flick forward the day counter to Monday and miss Sunday out!
2006-10-28 17:37:15 · answer #2 · answered by guesser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be earlier, I seem to remember. So many people stay up past midnight these days that it is less confusing to have the repeated hour when even most clubbers have called it a night.
2006-10-28 17:34:12 · answer #3 · answered by cdrotherham 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be at midnight. It was changed because people are more active socially at night which causes difficulties at night club closures for example. So it was delayed until 2am.
This time is supposed to be more manageable for shift workers also.
Well in theory that is!!!
2006-11-01 10:34:10 · answer #4 · answered by kiku 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's a pain in the bum, leave the clocks alone!
It's only the Scots that want to change them!
2006-10-28 17:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
daylight savings time.
the first person to suggest it was benjamin franklin.
during the oil embargo of the 70's they also initiated it to save energy. and also i think during world warII? maybe a better history buff than i can back me up on that one
2006-10-28 17:38:03 · answer #6 · answered by supahtforyou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daylight saving and the start of wintertime
2006-10-28 17:40:56 · answer #7 · answered by Deep Throat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think because they have a set date the 29th of oct. at 2 am if we did it at 1am that means we would set the curret date 28th for a sec,wait **** i dont know????????
2006-10-28 17:32:52 · answer #8 · answered by whynot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its because the Scots farmers are afraid of the dark and don't want to milk their cows in a Field on their own in case it cost them money ....
2006-10-28 17:37:48 · answer #9 · answered by Andy K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because someone once thought that if we mess with time we will some how save it.
because we all live in different time lines
2006-10-28 17:30:13 · answer #10 · answered by BetsyF 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋