More sleep on Sunday as clocks go back an hour
Everyone is due an extra hour’s sleep on Sunday as the clocks will roll back an hour at 3am to...
Residents of the Netherlands will enjoy an extra hour of sleep on Sunday as the clocks are set back an hour from 3am to 2am. Daylight saving time, implemented since 1977, was initiated during the oil crisis of the 1970s to conserve energy for lighting. The clocks advance in the spring, on the final Sunday of March, to provide more daylight in the evenings.
Returning to standard time in the winter would result in extremely dark mornings, which is why the clocks revert to the previous time in October. The European Union has discussed abolishing daylight saving time altogether, with the European Parliament voting to end it in 1996; however, member states have not reached a consensus on the matter.
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