DUBBO residents are being reminded about the need to wind their clocks forward an hour this weekend, as daylight savings commences in NSW.
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But the future schedule of the controversial six-month period of extended late afternoon light is under a cloud.
Daylight saving will end a month earlier next year if a Bill introduced recently in state Parliament is successful, according to Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall.
If successful, the legislation will bring the end of daylight saving forward one month, from the first Sunday in April to the first Sunday in March.
The change would take effect for the upcoming daylight saving period.
Mr Marshall said he expected the Bill to be debated in parliament before the end of the year.
Daylight saving begins in NSW on Sunday, October 2 when clocks go forward one hour at 2am.
It will end on Sunday, April 2 when clocks go back one hour at 3am.
Background
ACCORDING to the Time and Date website, daylight saving time (DST) originated from Canada.
In July, 1908, Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada became the first location to use DST.
Over the past 108 years, DST has spread out to the northern and southern hemispheres.
Parts of Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa have DST in the southern hemisphere.
Parts of The US, Central America, Canada, Europe, Asia and North America in the northern hemisphere have DST.
