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alert-–-daylight-savings-ends-next-weekend-with-clocks-going-backwards-an-hour-at-3am:-what-aussies-need-to-knowAlert – Daylight savings ends next weekend with clocks going backwards an hour at 3am: What Aussies need to know

Some people love it while others hate it but soon it will be time to turn back the clocks as daylight saving comes to an end once again. 

Daylight saving comes to an end every year on the first weekend of April, with Sunday April 7 as this year’s date to wind back the clocks. 

When does daylight saving end?  

Daylight saving will finish on Sunday, April 7 at 3am local time.

It won’t return until 2am on Sunday, October 6.

Millions of Aussies will be getting ready to wind their clocks back by an hour next Sunday as daylight saving comes to an end for another year (pictured beachgoers)

Millions of Aussies will be getting ready to wind their clocks back by an hour next Sunday as daylight saving comes to an end for another year (pictured beachgoers)

Which part of the country will be affected? 

Residents in Victoria, NSW, the n Capital Territory, Tasmania and South will need to wind their clocks back one hour to 2am on April 7.

This means that those awake at 3am can adjust their clocks there and then or make sure they’re doing it before heading to bed so they don’t miss their morning alarm.

The good news is the hour change will means millions of Aussies will now be getting an extra hour of shut-eye.

Queensland, the Northern Territory or Western aren’t impacted by the end of daylight saving, as these regions do not observe change in hour. 

What will the new time differences be between states and territories? 

Several states and territories in  however will be unaffected by the change including Queensland and Western  (pictured stock image)

Several states and territories in however will be unaffected by the change including Queensland and Western (pictured stock image)

Time zones won’t be all over the place from April 7, as two of the five time zones will be getting cut as winter looms.

From April 7, NSW, Victoria, the n Capital Territory, Tasmania and Queensland will all be on n Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

The Northern Territory and South will all be half an hour behind on n Central Standard Time (ACST).

The outback NSW town of Broken Hill also observes ACST time because of it’s remoteness.

Western will be a full two hours behind the AEST states and territories on n Western Standard Time (AWST).

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 currently has five time zones for half the year during daylight savings (pictured) and four the rest of the year

currently has five time zones for half the year during daylight savings (pictured) and four the rest of the year

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