Day Light Saving

I always feel that 24 hours a day just isn't sufficient for me and to make things worse, I have only 23 hours today!!!!!!! That is due to something called "day light saving". It usually takes place in spring when time is advanced by an hour due to lesser sunlight in the morning and more sunlight in the afternoon.

Think of it as shorter mornings, longer afternoons. So the sky gets brighter at a later time (in the day) and darker at a later time (in the evening). Thus, for safety reasons, the time is brought forward. However, not all parts of Australia observe daylight saving (weird uh) and that there are 3 different time zones in Australia (even weirder). I was quite clueless about daylight saving until googling and reading up on it extensively. I know I sound kinda dumb but back home, 1pm will always be 1pm and 10am will always be 10am. I never had to fret about adjusting the time etc. Anyway, more information about Australia time can be found here.

I think many back home in Singapore will be as confused as I am but to put it simply, Canberra (GMT +10) used to be 2 hours faster than Singapore (GMT +8). However, after 2am today (this is the day & time they chose to begin daylight saving), Canberra will be 3 hours faster than Singapore. Basically, 2am to 3am will pass in a minute (the one minute is spent adjusting the time on my clock. Haha!). Anyway, there are several controversies to daylight savings, with some supporting and others discouraging the use of it. If you are keen to know why, you can read up on it here.