Summer is well and truly behind us, with the days getting ever shorter and dark evenings creeping in.
It means a clock change is on the way for Ireland, with people set to get an extra hour in bed this month.
This year, clocks will go back an hour at 2am on the final Sunday of October which is October 30.
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For anyone that uses a smartphone, it will automatically update with the correct time, while clocks will need to be manually updated.
All EU member states go back at this time, and go forward again on the last Sunday of March which is March 26, 2023, Cork Beo reports.
Iceland is the only exception to the rule as it observes the Western European time zone all year round.
In America and Canada, daylight saving time (DST) starts at 2 am on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday in November, while in Australia, the clocks go forward on the first Sunday in April and go back on the first Sunday in October.
However, countries like China, Japan, and India do not follow DST.
The change was made law to make the best of natural light as the earth travels around the sun. As it is naturally darker during the winter, the time goes back, giving people an extra hour's sleep in bed and in summer, the clock goes forward to allow for longer evenings.
In 2019, the EU voted on scrapping Daylight Saving Time permanently after 2021 after a decision was made based on an EU-wide survey, which resulted in the majority of people rather not having DST.
The last clock change was due to take place in Spring 2021, but the proposal was put on the back burner while the world coped with the Covid-19 pandemic.
One Cork senator has said that foregoing daylight savings time could mean a "huge impact" on the energy crisis affecting households and businesses across the country.
Fine Gael politician, Tim Lombard, has said that not changing the clocks this October could take the pressure off the grid during peak evening times.
With the clocks due to go back on October 30th, Mr Lombard said that foregoing daylight savings could be a "practical solution" to the energy crisis.
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