14 June 1916

[Bardess]

"At 11pm the clock was advanced one hour so as to make up to New Time which had been adapted also by the French Government."

I never even considered daylight savings back then but so late - June 14 - I suppose it must have been thought worth it.

[Rockdoc]

That's when it was first introduced to try and give the workers more daylight to work in.

Keith

[Ron Clifton]

Daylight Saving Time was introduced in the UK on 21 May 1916.

It was adopted by all major combatants on the Western Front, although at slightly different dates each year. The actual dates are given in the Introductions to the British Official History volumes for 1916 onwards.

The French and Belgians were in the same time zone as the British, the Germans being one hour ahead. It was not until the mid-1950s that the French and Belgians moved their clocks forward to German time: perhaps from 1957 when the Common Market was founded. (But I'm not sure what the French did between 1940 and 1945.)

Ron

[Bardess]

I am slowly getting my head around most of the facets of living and, indeed, fighting in the time of WW1. Thanks for being patient