Can anyone tell me the reason why we have to turn the clocks back one hour ? any feedback would be appreciated

Question

This subject has become a debate with my pals with so many theories and no logical answer

Answer 1

UMM I WONDER THE SAME THING.. I THINK IT JUST CUZ THE SEASON CHANGES SO IT GETTS DARKER EARILER

Answer 2

Back in the days when societys were based on agricultural rather than industirial systems of economics, it made sense to work when the sun was up. Hence to "Make Hay while the sun shines" if you will.

Traditionally, farmers and farm workers have needed all the daylight they could get their hands on at this time of year for bringing in the harvests.

So, to make more efficent use of the sunlight they would roll back the clocks an extra hour in the fall so more work could be done to get the harvest in.

Once the harvest was in, its party time- hence, the german tradition of "Octoberfest"- party till ya puke kinda thing.

If you notice, seldom are partys held in the summer, yet you've got Octoberfest, and the 12 days of Christmas and then you have Lent,,,,,spring and summer is the time for planting, watering and weeding,,,in some places such as Poland, due to the northern lattitudes they have days as long as 20 hours so they work as much as they need too.

Wintertime? Daylight is only a few hours

Answer 3

Daylight Saving Time, or Summer Time as it is known in Britain, was invented by William Willett (1857 - 1915), who was a London builder living in Petts Wood in Kent. In 1907 he circulated a pamphlet to many Members of Parliament, town councils, businesses and other organisations, he outlined that for nearly half the year the sun shines upon the land for several hours each day while we are asleep, and is rapidly nearing the horizon, having already passed its western limit, when we reach home from work before it is over.

His proposal was to improve health and happiness by advancing the clocks twenty minutes on each of four Sundays in April, and by reversing this idea by the same amount on four Sundays in September. He reckoned that it would not only improve health and Happiness but it would save the country £2 1/2 million pounds, that was also taking into account the loss of earnings to the producers of artificial light.

Though the scheme was ridiculed and met with considerable opposition a Daylight Saving Bill was introduced in 1909, though it met with no success before war broke out.

In April, 1916, Daylight Saving Time was introduced as a wartime measure of economy, not only in Britain but, within a week or so, in nearly all countries, both allied and enemy. Sadly, William had died the previous year so never saw his idea put into effect.

Most countries abandoned Daylight Saving Time after the war had finished , most reintroduced it eventually, and some even began to keep it throughout the year.

In 1968 to 1971 Britain tried the experiment of keeping BST - to be called British Standard Time - throughout the year, largely for commercial reasons because Britain would then conform to the time kept by other European Countries. This was not good for the school children of Scotland as it meant they had to always go to School in the dark. The experiment was eventually abandoned in 1972, Britain has kept GMT in winter and BST in summer.
Hope this is of interest to you and answers your question. :o)

Answer 4

IT was thought up by Benjamin Franklin. The theory behind Daylight's Saving Time was that there would be more production by adjusting the times according to the amount of daylight and the season that we're in.

Answer 5

I dunno! I just asked someone that question yesterday, there was no answer, but heres my therory.

One day, "They" were just sitting around bored and they decided to do something to annoy people twice a year. So they said "I know lets make people set their clocks an hour ahead in the summer, then change them back in the winter!! And while they're doing that, we can completly steal all of their rights and secretly ruin the fibers of their communities! YAAAY!"

The end.

Answer 6

daylight saving time (DST), time observed when clocks and other timepieces are set ahead so that the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by civil time. The amount of daylight on a given day of the year at a given latitude is fixed, but over the year the hours of sunrise and sunset vary from day to day. During the summer months, the sun rises earlier and sets later and there are more hours of daylight. If clocks and other timepieces are set ahead in the spring by some amount (usually one hour), the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by those clocks. This provides more usable hours of daylight for activities that occur in the afternoon and evening, such as outdoor recreation. Daylight saving time can also be a means of conserving electrical and other forms of energy. In the fall, as the period of daylight grows shorter, clocks are set back to correspond to standard time.
Benjamin Franklin, when serving as U.S. minister to France, wrote an article recommending earlier opening and closing of shops to save the cost of lighting. In England, William Willett in 1907 began to urge the adoption of daylight saving time. During World War I the plan was adopted in England, Germany, France, and many other countries. In the United States, Robert Garland of Pittsburgh was a leading influence in securing the introduction and passage of a law (signed by President Wilson on Mar. 31, 1918) establishing daylight saving time in the United States. After World War I the law was repealed (1919). In World War II, however, national daylight saving time was reestablished by law on a year-round basis. National year-round daylight saving time was adopted as a fuel-saving measure during the energy crisis of the winter of 1973–74. In late 1974, standard time was reinstituted for the winter period. In 1987 federal legislation fixed the period of daylight saving time in the United States as the first Sunday (previously the last Sunday) in April to the last Sunday in October; it was expanded in 2005 (effective 2007) to extend from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. Arizona and Hawaii do not use daylight saving time.

Answer 7

Theorically to have more daylight - especially in the northern countries when the night closes in a lot earlier than the south.

Answer 8

It's all to do with daylight saving! We are supposed to use less electricity if we turn our clocks back or forward (apparently)!

Answer 9

This is from James J's wife...

My aunt told me it's because the big business and political guys wanted to adjust the lighting for their golf games....

Answer 10

It helps make it a bit lighter in the morning, so it's safer for the kids going to school, and people going to work early.

Answer 11

It gets darker earlier, so instead of waking up in the morning when it seems it's still night, then we can wake up with a little bit of sun.