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It’s nearly time to put clocks forward an hour. Where did daylight saving come from? Source:Theage Attention body clock: it’s time to lose an hour for one day and gain evenings that are lighter, warmer and more inviting throughout summer. At 2am on October 1, the clocks jump forward an hour for most Australian states. The time stays this way until April. Changes like this happen in more than 70 countries across the globe – but daylight saving has always been a bit controversial, with debates simmering from time to time in parts of the world. In Australia, a new survey has rebooted the debate in states without it. Preliminary results show two-thirds of Queenslanders say they’d support daylight saving while slightly less in Western Australia would be on board with change. So, how does daylight saving work? How does it impact people and animals? And does it really work?   ...