Daylight saving around the world

Daylight saving kicks in on Sunday (Getty)
Daylight saving kicks in on Sunday (Getty)

It's that time of the year again - daylight saving kicks in on Sunday. So remember to roll your clocks forward an hour and try not to sleep in!

Daylight saving time started during World War I so people would have more daylight hours during the more active part of the day, allowing them to conserve coal.

New Zealand adopted it in 1927, but not all countries are on board.

In Australia, the practice is observed in five states - but not in Queensland, the Northern Territory or Western Australia.

In Queensland the daylight saving debate has raged for decades, ever since a defeated referendum in 1992.

Bangladesh introduced a trial of daylight saving in 2009 as it was dealing with a number of electricity outages.

The trial though only lasted six months, with people complaining it was too confusing and school children didn't like waking up in the dark.

A similar thing happened in Egypt, with leaders changing the time as they pleased over the years.

But Egyptians weren't impressed with the constant changing of the clocks, especially when they did it for Ramadan as well.

It eventually got cancelled in July this year.

While most people choose to follow the time their country adopts, a number of hotels and resorts don't. For example, in places like the Maldives, some resorts follow their own time to allow more daylight for their guests.

Newshub.