No 441
Monday, 22nd October, 2012
Tel: 96 673 0057
As we once again look at moving our clocks back one hour this coming Sunday morning the arguments about the benefits of such a change continue to rumble on. From late March to late October, clocks in the United Kingdom are put forward by one hour for British Summer Time (BST) but in 1968 there was a three-year experiment
called British Standard Time, when the UK and Ireland experimentally employed British Summer Time (GMT+1) all year round; clocks were put forward in March 1968 and not put back until October 1971. This provided an opportunity to evaluate the impact on a number of issues, however the conclusions were not clear cut. A review by the UK Parliament found it was impossible to quantify the most important advantages and disadvantages Continued on Page 2