Your cameras' time may be important if you are using two cameras to shoot an event and you later want to sequence the image files in your editing software. Also, a legal issue may arise with you needing to show exact time an image was made, or there may be ten other reasons.
Some cameras change the time automatically, however, none of my cameras do. My Fujifilm camera and OM cameras have to be manually changed. When doing so look at the time displayed. Make a mental note as to how far off your clocks currently are as camera clocks are notorious for poorly keeping accurate time. All of mine were off. One by 5 minutes over the past 6 months. If you have a clock that keeps time badly, you may want to check the clock more often in the future.
My Nikon cameras have an off/on switch in the menu to change from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time. That's not the end of it. Again, check the actual time displayed as both of mine were showing incorrect times.
What if you have already been out photographing with the wrong time?
If you have already shot some photos since the changeover in time, you may be able to go into your editing software and change the metadata. At least in Lightroom Classic you can. That menu item is listed under the Metadata tab at the top of the display. Once in that drop down item, you can highlight all the images you've made since the time change and choose to shift the time back by one hour. Pretty simple.
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