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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Kate Flores Denolang

Extra Hour In Bed Vs Dark Evenings: UK Clock Change Sparks Social Media Firestorm

UK clocks will go back on 25 October, marking the end of British Summer Time (Credit: Ditmar Tabacaru/Pexels)

The upcoming annual return to Greenwich Mean Time in the United Kingdom has sparked a heated online debate, dividing social media users between those welcoming an extra hour of sleep and critics demanding an end to dark winter afternoons.

According to an article from Royal Museums Greenwich, British Summer Time officially ends on the last Sunday of October, when clocks fall back by one hour at 2:00am.

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