Do you always alter your clocks?

I alter my watch hands but not the electronic devices that are not attached to wifi, younger members of my family do when they visit but not the car’s clock.

Don't understand the problem with putting clocks forward/back. It makes no difference to me as regards making me feel out of step with the time, although of course I notice the change in daylight/darkness. Annoying if you have young children I can see with their bedtime/waking time. It's a safety thing. The darker winter mornings would be less safe, think of children going to school. Apparently they tried not changing the clocks for one year and found there were more accidents. Afternoon casualties dropped, but morning casualties increased more.

Course. Always change the batteries in the smoke alarms at the same time too

It's got nothing to do with farmers. No, that is a common myth. Daylight Saving Time was not created to help farmers; in fact, the agriculture industry has historically opposed it.

The True Origins

• Wartime Energy Saving: The practice was first introduced during World War I (in 1916 by Germany and followed by Britain and the United States) primarily to conserve coal and fuel for the war effort.
• William Willett's Proposal: The idea was originally pushed in 1907 by a British builder named William Willett, who wanted to stop people from wasting morning daylight in the spring and summer.

Why It Doesn't Help Farmers

• Schedules Follow the Sun: Crops and livestock do not care about human clock changes; cows still need to be milked and fields tended based on natural daylight and temperature.
• Disruption: Shifting the clock actually disrupts farm routines, milk truck schedules, and worker hours tied to standard time and markets.

I have one of those weather station things that needs to be completed reset to change the time, drives me batty because it needs a code for the country/city which isn’t obvious. I normally don’t bother to change that as I’ve got another clock close by.

When at home, I always change my clocks, but when we were sailing in different countries I kept one watch on GMT, as although most of Europe is one hour ahead of GMT, Portugal is not and if you need to use the radio for an emergency in international waters it can be helpful to refer to GMT.

Haven't done my digital alarm yet, it's a bit of a fiddle but the others are done. My kitchen & microwave digital displays are random anyway & the boiler & car change themselves.

I keep one watch on BST and another one on GMT so that I don't have to alter them.

DH looks forward to being "clock monitor" twice a year, although he always misses a couple (I daren't count the number of clocks we own). For some reason, I've never changed the car clock - just can't make head or tail of the instruction booklet and I never look at the time anyway when I'm out!

Estrellita

I keep one watch on BST and another one on GMT so that I don't have to alter them.

Brilliant solution!

The maitre d' at a Welsh B&B we stayed in several years ago wore two watches, one showing BST and the other GMT. He seemed to think it the most natural thing in the world to do. I've never come across anyone else who does it!