Brighter evenings are beginning to show through as we get closer to the summer months and warmer temperatures.
Later this month, the full extent of the summer clock will be enjoyed as the time goes forward by one hour.
It can be hard to keep track of the swing in hours from one end of the year to the other, so we’re here to remind you.
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The clocks will go forward by one hour on Sunday, March 26, 2023, and will then go back one hour on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
For anyone who owns a smartphone, you don’t need to worry because it will automatically update you with the correct time, but for those decorative clocks, you will need to manually update them.
It is not just Ireland that enjoys the summertime change, all EU member states will follow suit.
Here's everything you need to know about the clocks going forward one hour later this month:
The clocks will go forward on Sunday, 26 March from 1:00 am, meaning our watches will instead jump ahead to 2:00 am, giving us less time in bed but more time in daylight in the evenings.
Clocks go back across all EU member states on the last Sunday in October and forward on the last Sunday in March.
In North America, Daylight Savings Times (DST) starts on the second Sunday in March while clocks go back on the first Sunday in November.
Meanwhile, in Australia, the clocks will go back on the first Sunday in April.
The change was put into law in order to make the best of natural light as the earth travels around the sun.
As it is naturally becomes darker during the winter, the time goes back, giving people an extra hour's sleep in bed. They then jump forward in the summer months to allow people enjoy the longer evenings.
In 2019, the EU voted on calling an end to Daylight Saving Time permanently after 2021 based on findings in an EU-wide survey.
It showed that the majority of people would prefer to avoid using DST.
The clock change was scheduled to take place in Spring 2021, but the proposal was delayed due to the worldwide outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and has yet to be revisited.
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