But the fact that it was only five o’clock took a few minutes to strike me as odd – because on Friday it wasn’t even nearly dark when we stumbled out of the office at six.

Turns out the clocks changed over the weekend. Now, I’m sure you all knew that, otherwise you’d have turned up to work an hour early.

Wouldn’t you?

I ask because, despite being blissfully unaware of the clock change, I turned up to work on time this morning. I was woken as usual by the alarm on my iPhone, pressed snooze a few more times than was necessary, then lurched past a PC clock, a DVD player clock and a set-top box clock, not one of which indicated anything was amiss.

I then struggled through a full day of work in front of a laptop and several test machines, before absent-mindedly mentioning that, gosh, isn’t it dark out there compared to this time on Friday? At which point I was subjected to a barrage of mockery until a pitch-black six o’clock rolled around to spare me.

I think it’s great that, largely due to the increasing prevalence of internet and wireless connectivity inside them, so many of our time-keeping devices now take the initiative at times like this. They change themselves when they need to and keep our daily routines flowing smoothly regardless of our own forgetfulness.

I just wish they’d tell me about it when they do.