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Time change, everything you need to know
2024-10-23 20:57:37 / JETË
On the last weekend of October, solar time returns after seven months of summer time. The change occurs on the night between October 26 and 27, and despite ongoing discussions to remove the twice-yearly clock change, this process still continues.
At three o'clock in the morning on Sunday, October 27, the hands of the clock turn back one hour, becoming two o'clock. This gives us an hour more sleep at night, but also brings one hour less light during the afternoon, as sunrise and sunset will occur an hour earlier. Most electronic devices do this change automatically, but it's a good idea to adjust the clock before you go to sleep. Sunlight will remain in effect until the weekend of March 30, 2025.
The time change takes place at night, as this is the period with less circulation of public transport, such as buses or trains. Thus, the confusion is less and less change in schedules is required. This issue is one of the reasons why the debate continues whether to remove this change completely, as it would create more confusion for international travel or planning if the schedules were not synchronized between countries.
Daylight saving time is set to save energy: more sunlight in the afternoon and evening reduces the need to use electricity. From 2004 to 2023, Italy has saved about 11.7 billion kWh of energy, bringing an economic benefit of about 2.2 billion euros. Only in the last seven months, Italy has saved about 90 million euros, and about 170 thousand tons of carbon emissions in the atmosphere have been avoided.
An international agreement
The countries of the European Union have accepted summer time since 1996, and it comes into force on the last Sunday of March. In Italy, this practice began in the 1920s, was reintroduced in the 1940s, and became final in 1966. The southern countries of the EU benefit more from summer time, as they have longer days in the summer. While in the northern countries, where the change in the length of the days is more extreme, the energy saving is smaller.
Changing the time also has negative aspects, especially in relation to health. Changing sleep patterns can lead to decreased productivity, weight gain, and increased risk of heart attacks. In the US, this change has also been linked to increased traffic accidents.
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