It is always a pleasure to consider the flexibility of timekeeping along with the great planetary cycles.

Clocks go forward towards their normal anchor in the sunrise/noon/sunset cycle despite the declaration that clocks go backwards with the hour change within the next week in Europe.

https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/london

Right now with DST applied, there is an asymmetry between natural sunrise and clock noon on one side with clock noon and natural sunset on the other with the dominant asymmetry between noon and sunset or 'longer evenings' as it is commonly known. Move
the Sun back one hour for this date and observers will get the picture fairly quickly and without any fuss.

With DST removed, clock noon becomes anchored to a close proximity to natural noon with the symmetry between sunrise and clock noon along with noon to sunset restored to its normal relationship with each rotation every 24 hours.

I suppose wider society would find the whole thing too puzzling to dwell on, however, people interested in solar system research, including the relationship between timekeeping with the daily and annual cycles would find it interesting and correct. No
harm in saying clocks go backwards yet they really go forwards for those who value their appreciation of the great cycles.

* The trickiest issue is when clocks go back to normal rather than forwards when DST is removed. It is done for the simple reason that the asymmetry between natural sunrise and clock noon with DST applied gives precedence to the natural cycle hence
moving the clock forward even as the hour hand goes backwards seems a fair conclusion.

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