BAD news everyone – it’s going to be a shorter weekend in NSW.
Daylight saving time begins on Sunday morning, when clocks go forward one hour at 2am.
Sunrise and sunset will be about one hour later on Sunday than the day before.
The good news is that there will be more light in the evening.
Daylight saving will end on April 2, 2017.
Background
ACCORDING to the Time and Date website, daylight saving time (DST) originated from Canada.
In July, 1908, Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada became the first location to use DST.
Over the past 108 years, DST has spread out to the northern and southern hemispheres.
Parts of Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa have DST in the southern hemisphere.
Parts of The US, Central America, Canada, Europe, Asia and North America in the northern hemisphere have DST.