When the clocks change in October, everyone will enjoy a delightful extra hour in bed anywhere in the UK.
Fortunately, smartphones nowadays have the ability to change the time, so you don't have to do it!
But what time does the sun rise and set now and how will this change when clocks go back later this week?
What time will the sun rise and set this month?
The sun in London rises at 7:34am and sets at 17:55pm.
The timing of sunrise and sunset is determined by the sun's movement and distance from the equator. The length of sunset varies depending on how far a nation is from the equator since the sun's path is more oblique when it approaches the horizon.
London is located on the 52nd-degree northern latitude, which puts it well north of the equator. In the United Kingdom, a sunset often lasts for fifty minutes, although it only lasts for roughly twenty minutes near the equator. London has a 60-minute commute in June and a 41-minute commute in December.
When do clocks change?
At 2am on the last Sunday in October, the clocks 'fall back' by an hour, which will happen on October 29 this year.
The First World War is credited with giving rise to the practise in the UK. With the idea that lighter evenings may preserve fuel for the war effort, the Summer Time Act of 1916 brought about the annual hourly changing of the clocks in the United Kingdom more than a century ago.
How it will change when the clocks go back?
Dawn and sunset occur one hour later in the winter, meaning the sun will rise an hour earlier at 6:48am and set an hour earlier at 16:39pm.
This change does not affect on the length of each day.
The United Kingdom's high location in the northern hemisphere has a considerable impact on dawn and sunset times. The days are long in summer (June to September) and short in winter (December to March) due to the relatively high elevation of the region.
June has the longest days, with maximum hours of up to 16:40. Winter, on the other hand, has the longest nights. In London, a December night lasts nearly seventeen hours, and the days begin four hours later.
What is GMT?
Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT, is the local clock time at Greenwich. GMT served as the global civil time standard from 1884 to 1972.
GMT is still the accepted time in Britain throughout the winter, even though Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) has already supplanted it. The BBC World Service, the Royal Navy, and the Met Office all use GMT. Iceland is one of the countries in Western Europe and Africa that uses Greenwich Mean Time as their official time zone year-round.
