Melburnians will have an hour sliced out of their sleeping time this weekend, although with the grand final, warmer weather and the long weekend, few will be complaining.

Spare a thought, then, for those who struggle to adjust to daylight saving.

Kimya and baby Kanzi will have to adjust to daylight savings at the Melbourne Zoo. Credit:Joe Armao

According to Melbourne Zoo senior primate keeper Damian Lewis, primates – our closest relatives in the animal kingdom – can be a little touchy about the transition to daylight saving, beholden as they are to the routines of their keepers.

"Their day-to-day lives are based around daylight hours [in the wild], so they might wake up a bit earlier and they might go to bed a bit later," Mr Lewis said.