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UK Clocks Go Back One Hour

Two o’clock became one o’clock.

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in the UK on , 25. At 2 am, they to 1 am. .

The UK is on . that do not by to be .

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Read and understand · 1/2What happened at 2 am?

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It went back to 1 am. The first paragraph gives the change from two to one.

Clue: Clocks in the UK went back one hour early on Sunday, October 25. At 2 am, they returned to 1 am. British Summer Time ended.

Read and understand · 2/2Which clocks need resetting?

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Those without automatic updates. Equipment without automatic updates needs resetting.

Clue: The UK is now on Greenwich Mean Time. Household clocks that do not change by themselves need to be reset.

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Explain what happened to the clocks in two short sentences.

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At 2 am the clocks went back to 1 am. Devices that do not update automatically need resetting.

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