Time to Put the Clocks back 1 hour
The nights are drawing in and at Gillett & Johnston ltd we are preparing for our yearly routine of managing the clocks going back 1hr on 28th Oct 2012. At Gillett’s we all find the clocks going back much more gloomy than in the Spring when we put them forward 1 hr and our thoughts turn to summer holidays and warm summer nights.
Our engineers spend the time change weekend travelling all over the country handling the changing of the time on clocks without Masterclocks and MSF. MSF is a radio signal which serves as the UK’s national time reference and is broadcast from Anthorn radio station in Cumbria. The signal is broadcast throughout the UK and even parts of Europe the only time this signal goes down is for schedulled maintaince. For schedulled maintenance periods when the signal will be down please follow the attached link MSF Outages.
Daylight saving was first suggested in 1907 by an Englishman, William Willett, who wanted to put the clocks forward by 80 minutes. William proposed four moves of 20 minutes at the beginning of the spring and summer months, and to return to Greenwich Mean Time in a similar manner in the autumn. The following year, the House of Commons rejected a Bill to advance the clocks by one hour during the spring and summer months.
Summer time was first defined in an Act of Parliament in 1916 when the clocks were moved one hour ahead of GMT from the spring to the autumn. During the Second World War, double summer time (two hours in advance of GMT) was introduced, lasting until July 1945. Since the 1980s, all parts of western and central Europe have co-ordinated the date and the time of their clock changes.
For more information about Gillett & Johnston putting your clock back 1 hour please call us on 01883 740000 or, if preferred use the contact form.