Get ready for fading curtains, upset cows and more violence in the streets as we prepare for another six months of daylight saving (DST).
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From this Sunday, morning, 2am, October 4 DST gets underway across the State, Victoria, ACT, South Australia and Tasmania.
Before you go to bed on Saturday, put your analogue clocks and watches forward one hour.
However, most smartphones and computers automatically adjust the time without any intervention,.
Daylight saving always falls on the first Sunday of October to coincide with the public holiday long weekend.
Daylight saving has been a contentious issue for some parts of the country since it was reintroduced in 1971.
The first daylight saving program was held more than 100 years ago as a fuel saving measure during World War 1, abandoned and reintroduced during World War II for three summers from January 1942.
It was introduced again in NSW on October 31, 1971 after the Standard Time Act 1971 was passed by the NSW Parliament.
A referendum held on May 1, 1976 submitted a proposal that daylight saving be adopted on a permanent basis.
Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia do not take part, effectively splitting the country into five time zones from October to April.
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