Introducing the UKClockChange gem

require 'ukclockchange'

h = UKClockChange.next

#=> {:change=>:back, :date=>#<Date: 2020-10-25 ...>, 
#    :days_remaining=>16, :countdown_duration=>"15 days 14 hrs", 
#    :formatted_date=>"Sunday the 25th of October"} 

puts "The clocks go %s %s." % [h[:change], h[:formatted_date]]

<pre>The clocks go back Sunday the 25th of October.</pre>