Kelly 77: Why Does Daylight Need Savings?

It wasn’t until I was studying abroad in England that I learned they set their clocks ahead one week before the U.S. does, thus ending British Summer Time. So for most of the time, England is 5 hours ahead of the U.S. Eastern Standard Time but during that week they are 6 hours ahead. This was actually a fairly recent change because in 2007 the U.S. changed from putting their clocks back in late October (the same time as England) to the first week in November.

Fortunately, this worked in our favor while traveling when we didn’t change our clocks (this was before smart phones or wide use of cell phone alarms) and woke up 1.5 hours before our train instead of half an hour before it then had extra time to kill. When you are only in a country for a few short months, it’s a real shame to miss any of it because of a time change mix up. I don’t recall what we did with that hour but I like Kelly’s idea of getting some food and ale at the pub.