RTE's Oliver Callan has explained why he is fascinated by the clocks going forward.
The clocks go forward at 1am on Sunday, meaning that while we lose an hours sleep, there will be more daylight in the evenings.
Callan was filling in for Ryan Tubridy as the Dubliner took a week off from his radio slot, but will be back on RTE One tonight for the Late Late Show.
But Callan told listeners on RTE Radio One this morning: "At 1am on Sunday, the 28th of March you put your clock forward.
"It becomes 2am magically and doesn't change again until Haloween."
Callan admitted that he was very interested in how the idea of changing the clocks came about.
Benjamin Franklin, the famous US inventor came up with the concept of changing the clocks in Paris in 1784.
Franklin suggested that people could save money on candles if they got up when it was lighter outside.
In 1907, this same idea was brought to the UK by a builder called William Willett.
Willett published a leaflet called The Waste of Daylight, encouraging people to wake up earlier.
But much to Willett’s dismay, the government took some convincing to make the clock change official.
It wasn’t until 1916 - a year after Willett died - that the clock change was implemented in the UK and Ireland.
The European Parliament voted in 2019 to scrap daylight saving time by 2021.
Callan said: "This was supposed to be the very last clock change but the proposal has taken a backseat due to the pandemic."
The European Commission proposed ending the practice after an EU-wide opinion survey showed a large majority in favour of doing so.
Supporters say the current system saves energy and reduces traffic accidents as fewer people have to travel in darkness, but critics argue it causes long-term health problems.
EU member states put clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday of March and back again on the last Sunday in October.
