Last Friday I met a friend. He informed me that New Zealand’s daylight saving time (DST) will come to an end on Sunday, April 5, 2009 and the clocks will move back by one hour from 3am (or 03:00) to 2am (or 02:00) local time. He reminded me also to put my clock back one hour on Saturday.
What is daylight saving? Daylight saving is used in many countries around the world (mostly Europe and America, but also New Zealand and some of Australia). In New Zealand, the whole country puts their clock forward one hour in spring time (September) and back one hour in autumn (April). click here. Why? They do this so that they have more daylight in the afternoon during summer, so they have time to go to the beach after work and school. See New Zealand Law - Time Act 1974 (With 2007 Changes)
If daylight saving ended on April 5, 2009, when will New Zealand’s next daylight saving time start again? New Zealand’s next daylight saving schedule will start on Sunday, September 27, 2009, and end on Sunday, April 4, 2010. The 2010–2011 daylight saving schedule will start on Sunday, September 26, 2010.
For your information, modern DST - they used water clock before - was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson. Since then, many countries have used it. Wanted to know more about daylight saving time? Click here and find out “Saving The Daylight”.
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