Daylight Saving Time 2019: When to move your clocks forward
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is almost upon us, which means we're soon to get an extra hour of sunshine.
This Sunday clocks will move forward an hour for those in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT, which will also mean if you live in those states you will lose an hour of sleep.
Daylight Savings starts this weekend with the clocks being put forward one hour. Robert Pearce/SMH
When do the clocks change?
The new time officially comes into effect at 2am on October 6, AEST.
All of your devices should automatically update, but it is always worth double checking.
When was Daylight Saving introduced?
DST was first used in 1908 in Thunder Bay, Canada as a way to make better use of daylight. In 1916, Germany and Austria followed suit as a way of cutting fuel usage in WWI. The idea caught on globally from there.
Daylight Savings was originally introduced to make better use of daylight. Steven Siewert/The Age
Australia also first used DST in 1916 during WWI. Tasmania then formally adopted it in 1968, with NSW, Victoria, South Australia and the ACT following in 1971. Currently Queensland, WA and NT don't use the time difference.
It's now used in over 70 countries worldwide and affects over one billion people each year. In Australia DST traditionally begins the first Sunday of October, and will end Sunday April 7, 2020.
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