Daylight savings ends next weekend with clocks going backwards an hour at 3am: What Aussies need to know

Some people love it, while others hate it, but soon it will be time to turn back the clock as daylight saving time is coming to an end again.

Daylight saving time ends on the first weekend of April every year, with this year’s Sunday, April 7, as the date to turn back the clock.

When does daylight saving time end?

Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, April 7 at 3 a.m. local time.

It doesn’t return until 2am on Sunday, October 6.

What part of the country will be affected?

Residents of Victoria, NSW, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and South Australia must set their clocks back one hour to 2am on April 7.

This means that those who wake up at 3am can adjust their clock on the spot or make sure they do this before going to bed so they don’t miss their morning alarm.

The good news is that the time change means millions of Aussies will now have an extra hour of shut-eye.

Queensland, the Northern Territory or Western Australia will not be affected by the end of daylight saving time, as these regions will see no change in hours.

What will be the new time differences between states and territories?

However, several states and territories in Australia will not be affected by the change, including Queensland and Western Australia (pictured)

From April 7, time zones will no longer apply everywhere, as two of the five time zones will be shortened as winter approaches.

From April 7, NSW, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Queensland will all fall on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

The Northern Territory and South Australia are all half an hour behind Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).

The outback NSW town of Broken Hill also observes ACST time due to its remoteness.

Western Australia is more than two hours behind the AEST states and territories on Australian Western Standard Time (AWST).