There is an upside to January feeling like the longest month that has ever been.
It means we are another step closer to brighter mornings and longer nights.
That's because it's nearly time for the clocks to go forward for spring and summer 2019.
British Summer Time will return meaning daylight hours will become longer and we can wave goodbye to Greenwich Mean Time until later in the year.
The clocks always change on the last weekend of March each year in the UK so this year, that falls on Sunday March 29.
At 1am, the clocks till bounce forward by one hour - so make sure you're on the ball and don't end up late for work, school, university or wherever you need to be on the Monday.
Why do the clocks go forward?
The changing of the clocks goes back centuries and the initial idea was to save energy and get people out of their homes and into the big outdoors to enjoy the daylight hours.
In 1784, it was Benjamin Franklin who first campaigned to change the clocks whilst he was in Paris.
His belief was that if people got out of bed earlier, they'd get extra daylight. And he makes a good point.
However, it wasn't until 1916 that it was properly implemented in the UK when the first Daylight Saving Bill was brought before the House of Commons.
This is because despite it being discussed for a number of years, it was opposed the first time round.
In 1907, a man named William Willett wrote a whole pamphlet about how people wasted valuable hours of light during the summer called 'The Waste of Daylight'.
As a keen golfer, he himself would become annoyed when it got too dark in the evening and he would have to stop play.
He, however, didn't get to see the change happen as he sadly died in 1915.
Will my phone update automatically?
It's fair to say that for most of us, gone are the days of having to change the time by hand as we rely more and more on technology.
As long as your phone, tablet or other device is connected to the Internet either by 4G or WiFi, the time will automatically change.
But do still remember to change those clocks and watches so you're not late for that big Sunday dinner.
When do the clocks go back again?
There's a bit of time to wait until the clocks change again as we will move back to Greenwich Mean Time on October 25.
By this time, we'll hopefully have had plenty of sun - we can hope, right? - and we'll be ready to hunker back down for the winter months.
