Don’t forget to turn the clocks: winter is back



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Winter time is introduced on the last Sunday in October of each year, when clocks are turned back one hour at 4 o’clock. Winter time is valid until the last Sunday in March, then back to summer time.

This year, we will change clocks at night from Saturday to Sunday, October 25.

The twisting of time constantly returns to the epicenter of political debate

The twisting of time constantly returns to the epicenter of political debate. The time will be changed twice a year in accordance with the Directive of the European Parliament (EP) and of the Council on summer-winter agreements.

Most of the countries of the Old Continent and many other countries of the world have seasonal hours. This year, there is still a need to turn the clocks: the European Parliament’s decision on seasonal hours has been postponed until 2021, but in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic that started in spring 2007 and ongoing negotiations on the Brexit have toyed with the question of whether to stop closing time once and for all. The problem is still frozen.

2018 A public survey conducted by the Ministry of Transport and Communications showed that more Lithuanians would like DST to remain in the country if the European Union (EU) renounces annual time rotation.

According to the survey, 62 percent would tend to choose a permanent daylight saving time. population. This choice was most supported by people over 50, residents of district centers or smaller cities. At that time, 26 percent would like winter time. surveyed. Winter time is relatively more favored by metropolitan residents, as well as by respondents living in the western and eastern regions of the country. A tenth of those surveyed did not care how long to live, and 2 percent. did not answer the question. Delphi recalls that winter and summer time have been entered,

Delfi recalls that winter and summer hours have been introduced to make better use of daylight hours, but critics say that alternating schedules can be harmful to health. Geographically, one fifth of Lithuania (western part) falls in the first time zone, the rest of the country in the second time zone.

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