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Glasgow Live
National
Sophie Buchan

When do the clocks go forward this year and why does it happen?

As we start a new month we will all, thankfully, soon be waking up to much lighter mornings as the daylight saving hours begin.

It comes as our clocks moved forward by an hour soon later in March as we welcome the arrival of spring. There may still be a chill in the air, but as the warmer months edge closer everyone around the UK will switch their clocks to daylight saving time, with the time springing one hour ahead before falling sixty minutes back again in October.

So when does this happen and why? Here is what you need to know.

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