What time do you actually set your clock back on daylight savings time?

If you set your clock back at 12am then it will make it 11pm but if you set it at 1am then its 12am which would be correct? But what happens if you own a bar and you close it at 12:30 everyday what do you do?



2 am




Here in the UK the time change is always between 1am and 2am in either direction (i.e. 1am->2am in spring, 2am->1am in autumn). This avoids any possible confusion as to what day it is. Most businesses operate on the previous days hours until whatever time they close. This approach is mandated by the Licensing Act for those businesses covered by that legislation, such as bars.




You could close it at the usual 12:30 A.M. and go home. Come back the next day at the regular time and when you get there to open, set the clocks back then, and they will be in sync with the patrons. This would only work for going from DST to standard time. If standard time to DST, you could set the clock forward an hour after closing.




businesses that operate all night generally ignore the time change until they close that evening. all-night bus and subway schedules are a good example of this.




2 am is when you do the set back or in spring to move forward




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