What is the origin of british summer time?
The Story of BST. British Summer Time is determined by an Act of Parliament: the Summer Time Act, 1972. This Act enables an Order in Council to specify exactly when the changes will occur. Where did it all start? Benjamin Franklin was the first to propose the idea of adjusting the clocks, perhaps less than seriously, in an essay in 1784. But it was William Willett who, in 1907, started the campaign to move the clocks forward for the lighter and warmer months. His original suggestion was to move the clock forward 20 minutes at a time in the spring, and then 20 minutes at a time backwards in the autumn. A modified version of his idea (an hour change in spring and autumn) was proposed in the House of Commons in the following year, but was rejected. It wasn’t until World War I that the case became convincing. In 1916, the UK adopted “daylight saving time” through the Summer Time Act, 1916, and the measure proved successful in reducing the demand for coal, despite farmers’ objections. In to
