TUNE your CLOCK!

heya people!

DAYLIGHT SAVING NATURE ENDS!

so it is back to GMT from BST!

gmt=greenwich mean time

bst=british summer time

so today onwards we have an extra hour!

weeEEE!

read here!

when i woke up this morning i thought my clock went cuckoo and it has sped up by an hour. either that or the time in my computer is faulty.

oh well....

an extra hour mean....

i can use the extra time to SHOPPPP ONLINEEE!!!

-.-'

window shop only la...sigh

if only mom doesnt say " girl it's alright if u dont spend it u know. can always bring home " grRRRR. evil! evil evil evil! psychology trick or something? make me feel guilty! bahH!!

AND!! AND!!! that STUPID RBS??? so nonsensical to send my bank statement all the way back to malaysia? dont u know how to save? duh! ur country is not doing all that well either! save on postage lah adui!!! bangang betul!

my mom would be like...hello girl? eh i got your bank statement today. it says u have an extra bla bla bla...

so want to cry :(((

you're not suppose to know about it mom!! *sob*

Since 1972, Britain has decided to go with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in winter, and British Summer Time (BST) in Summer.

Changing the clocks

In the UK, 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 (Fall), we do the reverse, and adhere to Greenwich Mean Time

When do the clocks change in the UK?

2008 Clocks went forward one hour on Sunday 30 March 01:00 GMT* (02:00 BST) * As the UK is currently on GMT, we changed our clocks at 1 am on Sunday 30 March.

Clocks moved one hour backwards. Sunday 26 October 02:00 BST** (01:00 GMT ) **As the UK is currently on BST (British Summer Time), we will change our clocks at 2 am on Sunday 26th October.

Future dates 2009: the Sundays of 29 March and 25 October 2010: the Sundays of 28 March and 31 October 2011: the Sundays of 27 March and 30 October

 What time do the clocks change?

The clocks are always changed at 01:00 GMT (02:00 BST).

In the Autumn (October), as we are on BST (British Summer Time) before the clocks change, we change the clocks at 02:00.

In the Spring (March) we are already on GMT so change the clocks at 01:00

 When is the UK on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)?

November to the end of March

At 2 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 2am to 1am)

 When is the UK on 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.

Summer time is from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October.

We can 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 he could improve the population's health and happiness by putting forward the clocks by twenty minutes on each of four Sundays in April, and by reversing this idea by the same amount on four Sundays in September.