Well the clocks officially went back yesterday, resulting in a much appreciated extension of the weekend and a reduced four-hour time difference here in London to our US colleagues for the rest of the week. The original purpose of Daylight Savings was to save fuel (implemented in 1916), and I came across an article on group of EU Parliament members who want to abolish this tradition, arguing that it causes more harm than good due to the health implications of changing the clocks on sleep cycles…
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