It will be the first time on Sunday that Victoria has enjoyed six months of daylight savings when the clock is moved forward by one hour at 2am Sunday.

Warrnambool District Cricket Association general manager Keith Ellerton said the extra weeks of daylight savings would change the starting and finishing times of the association's one-day matches.

"From a playing point of view it's pretty difficult to train or hold a match in the late afternoon if it's an overcast day as visibility can be poor," he said.

"Quite a few of our players will effectively get an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day to train in so it will be good for us."

City Memorial Bowls Club manager Rick Scott said the extra hour in the evening would be ideal for lawn bowlers to fit in some extra practice.

"We have a rule at the club that if it's over 35 degrees we can't play and if the mercury dips we can't resume play but it would be good for dedicated lawn bowlers to get some extra practice," he said.

"Daylight savings is the best thing since sliced bread - I can get in some fishing or golf after work."

Victorian Farmers Federation president Simon Ramsay said the agricultural sector was split over daylight savings with many broad-acre crop and sheep farmers for the practice and most dairy farmers against it.

"Traditional ly, the dairy industry have been opposed to daylight savings as it means in the morning they have to milk in the dark, the evening milking session is conducted in the heat and it takes a while for the cows to adjust to the different milking pattern," he said.

"However, graziers and broad-acre harvesters enjoy daylight saving as it allows for more time to spend working the land."

A poll conducted by The Standard in 2006 showed 71 per cent were in favour of increasing daylight savings to six months of the year.

Six months of daylight saving will be synchronised across Victoria, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and South Australia.

North ern Territory and Queensland will continue with the practice of not moving the clocks - a throwback to the Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen era.