Today (September 23) is the autumn equinox, which marks the end of summer, and welcoming the new season of long nights, colder days and cosier beds.
In autumn, there are lots of positives to changing to the new season, such as falling leaves, Halloween, and getting an extra hour in bed by next month. As reported by MyLondon, clocks will be going back one hour in October.
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Reversing the clocks happens on the last Sunday of October every year in the UK, putting the country back on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
So, in exchange for darker mornings and evenings, Scots will be given an extra hour to sleep. In 2022, the end of British Summer Time (BST) takes place on Sunday, October 30.
Clocks will all reverse by one hour when 2am hits on that evening. Fortunately, the clocks on many internet-connected devices, including smartphones, televisions and tablets, will do the change for us automatically.
Things like microwaves and old-style alarm clocks will need to be changed manually. Once the spring season approaches in 2023, the clocks will go forward in the last Sunday of March - losing an hour in bed for all in the UK.
An old-school way to remember what way the clocks go during each season is by remembering this phrase: "spring forward, fall back".
Why do the clocks go backwards?
The changing of the clocks in the UK was introduced back in the World War One times, in an attempt to make the most of the daylight, and save on coal usage.
It was invented in 1895 by George Vincent Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist. But British businessman William Willett is also credited with the idea as a way of getting up earlier to have more daylight hours after work.
And while the UK has always had daylight saving time since it was introduced in the 1920's, it was used more commonly during the 1970's thanks to the energy crisis.
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