Twice a year, every year, people are thrown off by the clock either losing or gaining an hour because of daylight saving. READ MORE:* Shift worker angry at extra hour's work for daylight saving* Time's up: Should we end daylight saving in New Zealand? If you're contracted to work 12am to 8am, when daylight saving kicks in, skipping an hour, you would have worked seven hours. Some shift workers may be asked to come in an hour early or stay back an extra hour to do eight hours. It was revived in 1974 and in 2008, the daylight saving was extended from the last Sunday in September to the first week in April.

Source: Stuff September 29, 2019 04:18 UTC