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There will be more sunset like this on the horizon as clocks move ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, signalling the start of Daylight Savings Time.
Photo by Hannah Scott
‘Spring’ ahead this Sunday at 2 a.m.
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Sorry to those who like to sleep in on weekends, you’ll lose an hour of snooze time this Sunday.
Officially at 2 a.m. on March 14, Daylight Savings Time kicks in. That means it’s time to turn the clocks ahead one hour.
For those sleepy heads, there is a positive trade off. You’ll get to enjoy an extra hour of daylight in the evening, and increasingly as we move closer to the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere—officially at 8:29 p.m. June 20.
Daylight Savings Time was the bright idea of George Hudson, who proposed first the concept back in 1895. The German Empire was the first to implement it back on April 30, 1916. It gained global popularity during the energy crisis of the 1970s.
Daylight savings has also been a popular topic locally of late. In 2019, 93 per cent of British Columbians responding to a provincial poll indicated they wanted to abandon the annual time change. That same year, the province passed legislation outlining plans to allow for a future move to daylight savings time throughout the year.
As of now, however, British Columbians can expect to “fall” back to standard time at 2 a.m. on Nov. 7, at which point they’ll turn their clocks back one hour.
In 2019 the government of British Columbia passed legislation that would enable all of British Columbia to remain on daylight savings time year-round.
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