As the clocks sprang forward this weekend, a B.C. farmer says it makes no difference to him whether daylight saving time continues or not.

The end of winter is on the horizon and British Columbians will have set their clocks and watches an hour ahead before turning in on Saturday, March 8. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, time skipped ahead to 3 a.m.

Preserving power during wartime and creating more hours for agricultural work were cited as some of the original reasons for "springing forward," but for Nanaimo's Ben Glassen, who farms grass and raises chickens, turkeys, lambs, pigs and cows, he will work "from dawn till dusk no matter what the clock says." The time change has no impact, but more daylight in spring and summer are beneficial.

"It is absolutely huge," Glassen told the News Bulletin. "We need to have 10 hours of light in order for it to be the 'growing season,' and for us on the Island, between the end of October and mid March, we don't have that. Right now is the time where everything turns on again, and for me, as a grass farmer, the fields start greening up, and I'm looking forward to turning the cows out onto the lush pastures come April."

As his work relies on actual sunlight, Glassen is indifferent to whether daylight saving time stays or goes.

"As a farmer, I live on a very Eastern, holistic time frame," he said. "I'm currently late on my way to an appointment because the animals had a different idea this morning. I don't wear a watch, I get stuff done when it gets done. A farmer's work is never done, so it doesn't matter to me either way."

Glassen says the livestock have no opinion about daylight saving time either.

"The chickens and the pigs don't wear watches, so it's not relevant to them," he said.

The office of Premier David Eby and the B.C. government did not respond to a request for comment about the current status of daylight saving time abolishment.

Daylight saving time remains in effect till Nov. 2, when clocks will fall back an hour.