Love it or hate it, it’s that time of year again, but there’s literally no point in losing any sleep over it!

It’s time to turn your clock forward one hour this Sunday morning for the start of Daylight Saving Time (DST).

DST is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from standard time during the summer months, and back again in autumn, to make better use of natural daylight.

Arguably, it is reported to have been first introduced in 1916 by the Germans, closely followed by Britain and France, to save on artificial lighting and in turn, fuel during wartime.

However, the residents of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada claim to have been the first to turn their clocks forward by one hour in 1908 when the town was known as Port Arthur.

A question always asked when daylight saving time comes around each year is about putting your clock forward or back, but a useful little saying can help with that “spring forward, fall (autumn) back”.

You set your clock forward in the spring when daylight saving starts, losing one hour and then back one hour when it ends in autumn, therefore regaining the one hour.

Although most people change their clocks before going to bed the night before, the official time changes at 2am on Sunday 4 October, pushing the clock forward to 3am.

While NSW residents will fall under daylight saving time, not all Australian states follow the process, with daylight saving not observed in Queensland, the Northern Territory or Western Australia.

Daylight saving will end in NSW on Sunday 4 April 2027, when clocks go back one hour at 3am.