Daylight saving to be extended three weeks

New Zealanders will soon be able to enjoy more summer days.
The Government has decided to extend daylight saving another three weeks, to a 27-week period.
Clocks will go forward an hour a week earlier than usual -- on the last Sunday in September -- and will go back an hour on the first Sunday of April, instead of the third Sunday in March.

The Department of Internal Affairs would work with computer companies and industries updating operating systems to incorporate the time changes before the start of daylight saving.
"For New Zealand this year, summer will start one week early, will finish weeks later and I think it's up to the weatherman to determine how good it is," Mr Barker said.
Daylight saving will start at 2am on September 30 and end at 3am on April 6, 2008.

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