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Patrick Daly & Catherine Addison-Swan

What date the clocks go back this year and why we have British Summer Time

The clocks are set to change next month as winter approaches and the darker nights creep in.

Every year the UK sees its clocks go back one hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October, giving Brits an extra hour in bed. This year that date is October 30 , one day before Halloween .

The clocks last changed in the spring on March 27, moving forward an hour to mark the start of British Summer Time (BST). When they go back next month, the UK will be on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - a practice that has been in place since World War I, The Mirror reports .

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