I never understand why most of the world still does this ****.
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In the United Kingdom (UK) we have been observing daylight savings since 1916 when a London based builder, from Kent, called William Willett observed that the morning hours of Summer were being wasted while people slept. He wanted the clocks put forward so that the time wasn’t wasted and was instead utilised in the afternoon.
William Willett began documenting and distributed this in a pamphlet called “The Waste of Daylight” in 1907. He campaigned solidly until his death in 1915; it wasn’t until 1916 the government finally decided to formerly adopt the change and recognise what is now known as British Summer Time (BST). This is not regarded to have come solely from Willett's proposal but because Germany and her allies, during the early days of World War One, used DST to help conserve the use of coal in the winter. Britain and her allies soon had to follow suit to ensure enemy messages intercepted by British intelligence were not to be confused with the times they were using when on the battlefields.
Yeah but I don't mind much because it means we'll get an extra hour of daylight at night and I'm super sick of the sun going down before 5 pm so I'm looking forward to it
