So,Why is that ONLY Europe switches the cloocks back??

Question

Clock i meant

Answer 1

Europe is not the only one with daylight saving time, there is daylight saving time in
* Canada except for one state and some part of other state
* United States except 3/4 of Arizona
* Chile
* Brazil excpt for some of it's state up north
* Paraguay
* Namibia
* Tunisia
* Egypt
* The Middle East
* Russia
* Australia excpt of Northern Territory and Queensland
* New Zealand

The origin of daylight saving time
"Saving daylight was first mentioned in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin in a letter to the editors of the Journal of Paris, wherein he urged Parisians to get up earlier in order to use sunlight, thus saving wax by not burning candles at night. He did not mention Daylight Saving Time—he did not propose that clock time be changed.[1][2] Because the satirical article was humorous, it is clear that Franklin did not seriously propose that the French adopt it.

DST (changing time) was first proposed by William Willett in "Waste of Daylight", published in 1907, but he was unable to get the British government to adopt it, despite considerable lobbying.

The idea of DST was first put into practice by the German government during the First World War, between April 30 1916 and October 1 1916. Shortly afterward, the United Kingdom followed suit, first adopting it between May 21 and October 1 1916. On June 17 1917, Newfoundland became the first North American jurisdiction to adopt DST with the passing of the Daylight Saving Act of 1917. On March 19 1918, the US Congress formally established several time zones, which had been in use by railroads and most cities since 1883; at the same time they made DST official, effective March 31, for the remainder of World War I. It was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. The law, however, proved so unpopular, mostly because it obliged people to rise and go to bed earlier than had become customary since the advent of electricity, that it was repealed in 1919, when Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto of the repeal."

Answer 2

We all change our clocks and watches by one hour, twice a year.

In the spring, we add an hour, and go onto what is called British Summer Time.

In the autumn, we do the reverse, and adhere to Greenwich Mean Time.


In 2007: the Sundays of 25 March and 28 October
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (November to the end of March)
At 1 am (01:00) GMT on the last Sunday in October, clocks move back by one hour for the end of British Summer Time. (We move our clocks back one hour from 1am to midnight)

British Summer Time (BST) (April to the end of October)
At 1 am (01:00) GMT on the last Sunday in March we move our clocks forward by one hour for the start of British Summer Time.

We remember which way the clocks are set by the help of this phrase:

Spring Forward; Fall Back (Fall = Autumn)

Why do we change our clocks?
It's all to do with saving the hours of daylight, and was started by a man called William Willett, a London builder, who lived in Petts Wood in Kent (near our school).

Basically, he reckoned that you could improve the population's health and happiness by putting forward the clocks by twenty minutes every Sunday in April and do the opposite in September.

Answer 3

You mean the winterand summer time?
Well I think it was a German or Austrian who had following thought:
Since days and nights are differently long during the year, why don't we modify our time to that and reduce our energy costs?

So we wake up in summertime one hour earlier in order to have one more hour in daylight
and the other way round, we wake up in winter time one hour later what makes it at least a little bit lighter outside and we must not turn our light on.

Well, all in all it never worked out that way, we still use as much energy in summer on lights as in winter.
But we got used to it and thats why this "tradition" still exists.

Answer 4

Nope, Well we "spring" forward and "fall" back in the U.S. I think Arizona is the only state that doesn't change the time. From what I understand it's going to stay this way next year

Answer 5

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Answer 6

i think all countries switch the clock back and for

Answer 7

Why do folk ask questions that are so easy to resolve themselves, in the web
check out the world clock

Answer 8

Not evy country changes. UK don't change. UK is zulu or GMT time. Then reason to change is simply economical: just to win some megawatts electricity in all countries. With all disanvantage that we know...like hours difference for the babies and also for most of adults.
Cheers

Answer 9

Can`t wait till end of March when clocks go forward here in U-K. longer day light hours. yipeeee.

Answer 10

We adjust for daylight savings time here in the U.S. except for one or two odd-ball states......oh and Happy Tree Friends rocks!