Yes, in the UK, the clocks have gone back! British Summer Time has come to an end on the last Sunday in October each year when it has gone back by one hour at 2 a.m. In 2024, that date was 27 October; the whole nation sleeps an extra hour since the nation moves into days of fewer daylight hours and more dark nights. That brings back early dark evenings of the night, a far cry from the bright blue skies of summer.
A simple mnemonic is to remember the direction of the change in the terms of the seasons such as spring forward and fall back. In fact, it was a practice aimed at conserving daylight better that initiated the adjustment of the clocks, and such an adjustment has been part of the history of daylight saving as described in institutions like the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
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