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  JUST LIKE CLOCKWORK  When did the clocks first go back? BRITS were treated to an extra hour in bed as the clocks went back at 2am on Sunday morning. The end of British Summer Time marks the return of shorter days as the country edges towards winter but when did the clocks first go back? Here's all you need to know. 1 The clocks going back marks the end of British Summer Time Credit: AFP or licensors When did the clocks first go back? The first record of daylight saving time came from builder  William Willett,  who was “incensed at the ‘waste’ of useful daylight during the summer, according to historians. Mr Willett said: “Though the sun had been up for hours as he rode his horse through Chislehurst and Petts Wood, people were still asleep in bed”. He proposed changing the clocks in the pamphlet The Waste of Daylight Saving which was published in 1907. The  first change  to the clocks came in 1916 - one year after Mr Willet died. The clocks revert back an hour on the last Sunday i