When does daylight saving time end and how do I adapt?
<p>Experts explain how to reset your body clock and why permanent standard time makes sense</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/29/tell-us-have-you-fallen-in-love-this-year">Tell us: have you fallen in love this year?</a></p></li></ul><p>Call me an idealist, but I like to imagine someday my grandchildren will be baffled when I tell them about daylight saving time, and how the clock used to change twice a year. “That’s so wild, Grandma,” they’ll say before switching on their AI neural implants, or whatever other technological horrors will exist by then.</p><p>Daylight saving time (DST) was first <a href="https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2022/11/07/history-daylight-saving-time">established</a> in Germany during the first world war as an energy-saving measure – more hours of daylight in the evening meant less coal was needed for fires. Other countries including the UK and the US soon followed suit.</p><p>Getting ahead of the change by “gradually shifting bedtime and wake-up time by 15-20 minutes in the days leading up to the clock change”;</p><p>Getting exposure to sunlight first thing in the morning “to help reset the biological clock”;</p><p>Avoiding “caffeine, alcohol and heavy meals” close to bedtime; and</p><p>Maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, even on weekends.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/nov/01/daylight-saving-time-end">Continue reading...</a>
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