If I could turn back time, if I could find a way, Cher sings.
Tonight (or tomorrow) that is exactly what you need to do to the clocks in your house or car – turn them back an hour.
Digital clocks on your phone and computer or tablet will do it automatically while you’re sleeping.
The clock in the car is too difficult to change so I leave it as it is – with the clocks going back an hour it should be on correct time again.
Daylight saving ends tomorrow, Sunday, April 7 at 3am and that is when NSW residents’ clocks go back an hour.
Daylight saving time applies to those in NSW, SA, ACT, Victoria and Tasmania.
Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory don’t observe daylight saving, so they won’t gain or lose an hour.
The good news for those near the Queensland/NSW border, the states will have the same time again.
Every year, there is a debate about why we have daylight saving .
Australia started daylight saving during the first world wars in an effort to reduce energy usage.
Tasmania decided to permanently introduce daylight saving in 1968,. It wasn’t until 1971 that NSW, Victoria, SA and the ACT followed.
The concept was never popular in the other states.
Clocks move back by an hour when daylight saving ends. And forward when it restarts on October 6.
Enjoy an extra hour of sleep in your lie-in tomorrow morning.