With the war over, Britain returned to British Summer Time except for an experiment between 19 when the clocks went forward but were not put back. Has British Summer Time ever been changed since?
During the winter, clocks were kept one hour in advance of GMT to increase productivity. The Second World War and 'British Double Summer Time'ĭuring the Second World War (1939-1945), British Double Summer Time - two hours in advance of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - was temporarily introduced for the period when ordinary daylight saving would be in force.
However, the benefits of it have been an ongoing debate since it was first introduced. Within a few years of its introduction, many countries across the world adopted Daylight Saving Time. The UK did the same a few weeks later, along with many other nations involved in the First World War (1914-1918). In 1916, a year after Willett’s death, Germany became the first country to adopt daylight saving time. Angry at the waste of daylight during summer mornings, he self-published a pamphlet called "The Waste of Daylight". However, it wasn't until 1907 that a serious proposal for daylight saving time was made in Britain by William Willett. The idea of summer time or daylight saving time was mentioned in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin, the American inventor, scientist and statesman.
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