When will we turn the hands back an hour?

An hour of sleep… we win tomorrow, Sunday 30 October, as the time change will turn our clocks back an hour.

Specifically, in the early hours of Sunday October 30, at 04:00 in the morning, we turn our clocks back one hour, to 03:00.

The last time change was scheduled for March 2021, with member states in the European Union being asked to choose one of two zones (winter or summer). However, the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine pushed back the plan.

Unless there is a last-minute decision, the time change will be fixed in October. In particular, on the last Sunday of October (30/10) we turn back our clocks in order to start winter time.

This will happen at 04:00 in the morning, with the clocks – after the change – showing 03:00.

In March 2019, the European Parliament had voted in favor of ending this practice, i.e. adjusting the clocks by one hour in the spring and autumn, from 2021. “The time change must be abolished” the then head of the European Parliament had declared in 2018 of Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, following a relevant EU-wide online survey. 84% of those who took part in it agreed with the end of this practice.

An important role in this decision is public opinion. the “effects” of the time change on the biological clock also played out, such as the difficulty in immediate adaptation.

Summer time, Daylight Saving Time, DST, in English, is the time change that a state chooses to adopt for a period of the year.

This change is generally one hour ahead of solar time. It is based on a system that aims to make the best use of daylight to save energy.

It is highlighted that the part of the world's population that chooses to turn the hands of their clocks every six months, as almost all Asian and African countries do not participate.

The idea is attributed to Benjamin Franklin as far back as 1784 so that more natural light is available during the summer months.

A century later this proposal was supported by William Willett, a British construction businessman. Willett had even written on the subject in 1907 under the title Waste of Daylight, but ultimately failed to convince the British government.

The current time change, as we know it today, was based on the more scientific approach. of the New Zealand entomologist, George Hudson. He noticed that the longer daylight hours in the summer months helped him collect more insects. Thus, he made the relevant proposal in 1895.

Source: www.reporter.com.cy

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