News story from London-gain one hour when winter comes!

Clock changing is not a new thing for people in the UK. People have to change their clock one hour backward when the winter drops and one hour forward when the summer comes. But will the clock changing affect people’s daily life?


“Why we (referring she and her husband) hate the clock change. We have to get back in the dark.” Complained by Barbara, who has been living in the UK for more than sixty years, “only people in the countryside may appreciate the clock changing because they work in the nature and that change will save energy. But for us in the city, it gets harder to adjust to it as you get older. My husband found it difficult to fall asleep at the beginning days. ”

On the contrary, local youngsters seem to love this. “We gain one hour, why not more changes come?” A British young girl said. But what if next year when the summer comes, we will lose one hour.


The possible inconvenient thing for all overseas students who currently study in the UK is to check the clock all the time when they call back. If they are not good at maths, it might be an annoying disturbance for their family or friends in their sweet dreams.


The counsellor in the University of Westminster Daisy said, “the clock change does not really influence people but the season changing does. Maybe you suddenly feel the darkness seems early and that is really disturbing, I think. ”


The mobile phone company did not mention how they calculate the length of the lost time. “We do not have that detailed contract actually. ” a staff in three store company who did not want to be named.

The travel agency said the one extra hour did not bring the differences as most professors thought. A clothes shop owner in St. Ann Square also mentioned that the study of this did not necessarily come true or bring that much improvement for selling.


Why do the British people want to change the clock which may cause the problem anyway? The answer is obvious. “We want to appreciate more sunlight when the summer comes.”

Before the time-changing day, radios, televisions, Internet and newspapers publish reminders for several times. There is no problem for local people to get the information from different media platforms. And the computer system is smart enough to change the clock automatically for its users so let us just enjoy the convenience of the modern world.