Day Light Saving Australia. It’s that time of year again – daylight saving is about to begin for much of the country.

Although we lose one precious hour of sleep, for people in those states which observe daylight saving, moving the clocks forward marks the beginning of summer – long, sunny days and nights when it doesn’t get dark until late.

This Sunday, October 3 at 2am local time, clocks will “spring forward” by one hour in NSW, Victoria, ACT, Tasmania and South Australia

In these states and territories, the first Sunday of October marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Then, on the first Sunday of April, clocks get put back – and we get another hour of sleep.

Five out of eight Australian states and territories follow daylight saving – and that means, during summer, Australia has five time zones, rather than three.

But daylight saving isn’t for everyone. Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory stick to the same time all year and a debate is still raging over whether daylight saving does more harm than good.

Who invented daylight saving – and what’s the purpose?

Day Light Saving Australia. Who invented it.

A New Zealand bug collector is credited with coming up with the idea for daylight saving – although his initial idea, formed in 1895, was for a two-hour daylight shift, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported.

According to RNZ, George Hudson wanted more daylight hours to collect insects.

He presented his idea to the Wellington Philosophical Society, and eventually got support from an MP named Sir Thomas Kay Sidey.

Finally, in 1927 when Hudson was 60, New Zealand passed a law moving clocks forward an hour from the first Sunday in November to the first Sunday in March – although the move wasn’t very popular.

Around the world, other people had similar ideas. By 1907, British builder William Willett self-published a pamphlet advocating moving time forward in the summer so there was more time for recreation – and lower lighting costs, according to the BBC.

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