Daylight Saving Time: When does it end and when do your clocks change?

Here’s the good news: you’ll get an extra hour of sleep this weekend!

Well, unless you’re a parent of young children, in which case, your coffee is strong, buddy.

The bad news is that your trip will start to get darker and darker as New Zealand says goodbye to summer days and enters the coldest time of year.

When does daylight saving time end in 2021?

Daylight Saving Time in New Zealand ends at 3 a.m. From Sunday April 4 (Easter Sunday).

At 3 a.m. M., The clocks will rewind at 2 a.m. M.

This means everyone has an extra long Easter Sunday this year, as the end of daylight saving time and Easter fall on the first Sunday in April 2021.

When will daylight saving time start again?

Daylight Saving Time in New Zealand will begin on September 26, 2021.

During the summer months, we are on “New Zealand Summer Time”, which is 1 hour earlier than New Zealand Standard Time.

A brief history of daylight saving time in New Zealand

In 1868, New Zealand officially established a national standard time, called New Zealand Mean Time, 11 hours 30 minutes before Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Fast forward (a little time-themed pun, see what we did there?) To 1927 and the country introduces daylight saving time for the first time.

Daylight Saving Time is 1 hour ahead of New Zealand Standard Time.

The dates and time difference were changed several times during the following years. The current times are set since 2007 and are governed by two laws.

In 1941, New Zealand’s summer time (12 hours before GMT) was extended by emergency regulations to cover the entire year.

It was then dropped before being adopted again as New Zealand Standard Time in 1946. Daylight Saving Time was effectively suspended at this point, then tested again in 1974 before being officially introduced in 1975.

In the 1980s, following public surveys, the summer time period was extended twice.

Daylight Saving Time, as we know it today, was approved in 2006/07, following a public debate and a petition submitted to Parliament.

Since then, New Zealand observes daylight saving time from the last Sunday in September to the first Sunday in April.

A survey of public attitudes during daylight saving time conducted in 2008 found that 82% of New Zealanders approved of the 2007 extension to the daylight saving time period.

Laws about daylight saving time

Daylight saving time is regulated by two laws in New Zealand: the Time Act of 1974 and the New Zealand Daylight Saving Time Order of 2007.

The Time Act of 1974 defines New Zealand Standard Time and the time in the Chatham Islands.

New Zealand Standard Time is 12 hours before Coordinated Universal Time (known as UTC). The Chatham Islands are 45 minutes ahead of New Zealand Standard Time.

The New Zealand Daylight Savings Order 2007 defines when the clocks change each year.

The order determines that daylight saving time begins each year on the last Sunday in September and ends on the first Sunday in April.

Kiwi like

Daylight Saving Time is a Kiwi invention.

The concept was created by the UK-born New Zealand entomologist George Hudson, who proposed the idea of ​​a two-hour time shift to the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1895. The purpose? He wanted extra hours of sunshine after work so he could go bug hunting in the summer.

Hudson worked at the Wellington Post Office during the day and studied errors after work.

His idea was initially mocked but later adopted around the world, although not universally (as many countries do not use daylight saving time).