Love it or hate it, but that time of year is almost upon us: daylight saving time is all but over for 2025. This means you’re going to gain an hour of sleep, but your seasonal depression might just rear its ugly head again. Fill up your antidepressants if you haven’t already.
Australians in most states are going to turn their clocks backward an hour for the end of daylight saving in April. If that eternally confuses you because your smartphone updates automatically, it means we technically gain an hour and have less sunlight hours in the evening. That means more time to cosy up inside with some hot choccy — which sounds pretty good to me!
Still lost? don’t worry, we’ve got ya. You can read more about daylight saving below.
When does daylight saving time end for 2025?
Daylight saving comes to an end on April 6th, and we will turn our clocks back one hour at 2am. This meant we gain an hour of sleep, but we sadly lose our sunny evenings.
It’s not all doom and gloom, however. As this means we won’t get those scorcher heatwaves anytime soon, and hey — we’ll get our extended sunshine hours back in October!! It’s only six more months!! We can survive this!!
Hello darkness my old friend, etc.
Which states and territories have daylight saving?
Victoria, NSW, ACT, Tasmania and South Australia all follow daylight saving time, and so residents of these states will need to adjust their analogue clocks. Or just watch the sky transform into a lovely inky black shortly after work.
Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia do not follow daylight saving.
Because not all states have daylight saving, Australia has three time zones during the cooler months (so, from April to October) and five during the warmer months (from October to March). Which is obviously a LOT.
Currently, Queensland and NSW share a timezone. However, when daylight saving ends, Sydney will be an hour behind. South Australians will go from being 30 minutes ahead Queensland to 30 minutes behind. It’s a bit of a mind-fuck, especially for those living on the border of Queensland and NSW, TBH.
WA will change from being two hours ahead of NSW and Victoria to being three hours ahead. Yes, my head is spinning too.
Why do we have daylight saving?
Daylight saving was initially introduced in Australia during World War I to conserve power, and was reintroduced during WWII for the same reason.
However, its relevance today is the subject of a lot of debate, especially in Queensland which has flip-flopped with having it for some years now. Former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen previously claimed that daylight saving confused milking cows, but experts have since clapped back.
Managing director of Pets Australia, Dr Joanne Sillince, told The Guardian that our furry friends rely on sunrise and sunset for their body clocks. “They are sensitive to the change in behaviour of their human companion. If you’re a dog or cat you’re about to get fed an hour earlier. My home-based animals love daylight saving.” Do it for the dogs, people!
Some experts say daylight saving is good because we get an extra hour of daylight, which is better for our mental health. Others say the change in circadian rhythm is catastrophic and actually results in more dangerous accidents.
All I have to say is that I much prefer it when I clock off work at 5.30pm and it doesn’t look like it’s the middle of the night, but thanks.
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