Why Is Easter Sunday April Fool’s Day And Daylight Savings Time Falling On The Same Day This Year

6What happens?

In daylight savings time, clocks will be advanced one hour when DST begins at 2am on the first Sunday of October. DST ends on the first Sunday in April when the clocks are then set back by 1 hour so that 3am DST becomes 2 am. In the case of this year, the first Sunday happens to be on the 1st which is also Easter Sunday. 

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7Why is daylight savings time done?

The practice of daylight savings time is done by countries so that evening daylight lasts longer than summer months while sacrificing the timings of sunrise. DST began in the US in 1986 on the first Sunday in April. 

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8April fool’s day

April fool’s day as you know is celebrated is on the 1st of April. The origin of April fool’s day is attributed to the English poet Chaucer who wrote the Canterbury Tales in the 14th century. It was in this piece of work that he linked April the 1st with foolishness. However, not everyone believes this.

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9Other sources linked to April fool’s day

A Flemish poet Eduard de Dene described in one of his works a nobleman who would send his servants on foolish errands on the 1st of April while John Aubrey remarked that the day was Fool's holy day in 1686 and which is also the first English reference to April fool’s day. Various countries all have their own anecdotes and origins regarding the 1st of April and the collective stories in Europe linked to acts of foolishness and April the 1st is what perhaps led to the day being called April fool’s day. 

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10How is Easter Sunday Chosen?

Easter Sunday usually falls between 22nd March and 25th April and is counted as the first Sunday after the first full moon after the March or vernal equinox when night and day are equal lengths. The equinox in 2018, this year was on March 21st. The full moon will arrive before midnight on Saturday, March 31st and hence Easter Sunday falls on April 1st.

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