With the sun setting at around 6pm at the moment, we have to try our best to make the most of the daylight.
And with the clocks soon set to go back, the seasonal affective disorder is sadly tapping us on the shoulder as we plunge deeper into those dark winter nights.
Yup, it's that time of year again - those summer nights are nothing but a distant memory.
But it's not all bad, with the clocks set to 'fall back' this week, at least we can look forward to an extra hour in bed!
And we're set to revert to Greenwich Mean Time at 2am on the last Sunday of October, this coming Sunday, October 25.
How will I know if my smartphone has the right time?
Your date and time preferences can be found in settings - on an iPhone, select 'general', 'date and time' and make sure the 'set automatically' button is in green, with the time zone set to London.
What do I change it to, if I do have to change the clocks manually?
You’re gaining an hour in this instance, so at 2am, the clock goes back to 1 (and you get to relive that hour all over again - and they say time travel isn’t real).
How do I remember which direction to change the clocks?
It's pretty straightforward once you remember the phrase, ‘Spring forward, Fall back’.
The clocks go forward an hour on the last weekend in March and back on the last weekend in October. Easy!
Why do we change the clocks?
Did you know that the moving of the clocks was first introduced in World War One, to save coal usage? Germany and Austria adopted it first, followed by the allies.
It was invented by George Vincent Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist in 1895, while British businessman William Willett is also credited with the idea as a way of getting up earlier and so having more daylight hours after work.
While the UK has always had daylight savings time since it was first introduced, it came into widespread use across the world during the 1970s because of the energy crisis.
