We will have to set our clocks one hour ahead in the coming days, as daylight saving time will be in effect.
More specifically, this day is the last Sunday of March, which this year falls on the 30th of the month. At that time, clocks will be set one hour ahead for the change to daylight saving time.
Specifically, the hands will change at 03:00 in the morning and will show 04:00, as they do every year.
Daylight saving time will be maintained until Sunday, October 26, 2025.
The controversy over the prevalence of daylight saving time
It is noted that the time change and the implementation of daylight saving time have been causing heated debates in the European Union in recent years.
The debate was reignited in 2018, when the European Commission proposed abolishing the time change, following a public consultation in which 84% of European citizens were in favor of permanently applying summer or winter time. However, due to a lack of unanimity among member states on which time to choose, the issue remains open.
Arguments in favor of abolishing daylight saving time include health concerns, such as disruptions to sleep and daily performance. It is also argued that maintaining a fixed time will improve well-being, and may have environmental and energy-saving benefits.
Conversely, some believe that daylight saving time offers more hours of daylight in the afternoon, thus supporting well-being and recreation, especially during the summer months.
His pandemic COVID-19 and other political priorities postponed the discussions, and for now, no agreement has been reached on the definitive abolition of the time change. Thus, EU countries continue to change time twice a year until further notice.
Why does the time change?
As early as 1784, Benjamin Franklin had expressed that changing the time would save energy. Wars, and specifically during World War I, the great energy needs, brought about the first application of changing the position of the hands, with Germany being the first country to move the time forward 60 minutes in 1916. The same tactic was followed by England and the USA.
After the end of World War I, this tactic was deemed unnecessary and stopped. World War II brought back daylight saving time.
Greece had attempted to introduce daylight saving time in 1932, but without success. Its definitive establishment in our country took place in 1975, along with other European countries.
Source: newsit.gr
