When does the time change? Is it ahead or behind? What does it mean for day to day? These are some of the most repeated questions, at a time when in most countries of the world, especially in the West, it is time to update the clocks that could soon come to an end. Especially if the United States proposal, which has taken the first big step towards saying goodbye to a measure that was stuck in the past, goes ahead.
After the First World War and with the object of more basic items such as coal, the leaders of the world came to the conclusion that depending on what season of the year there should be one hour or another. One more than the corresponding or one less, depending on the moment, which meant energy savings for both industries and families.
Under this premise, the time was always changed up to two times over the years, in summer or winter, until climate change fully entered public opinion. In the 21st century, the measure is increasingly debated, different studies have been demonstrating that energy savings are minimal, sometimes even assuming .
The United States will end the time change by 2023
For this reason, in recent years the West has been debating whether to abolish the time change forever and opt for an immovable use, in a step that the United States has now taken. There, the Senate has unanimously approved to suppress the modification and maintain summer time as of November 2023.
Leaving, therefore, still a year and a half to adapt to this suppression, the change of November 2022 and March 2023 would still remain on the road, which would be the final one. Of course, for this measure to see the light at the end of the tunnel, the House of Representatives (Congress) must also give its approval, which would later be passed on to the president, Joe Biden, to sanction it.
Will there be an end to the time change in Europe?
A measure with which it is intended to have more hours of sunlight, something that Europe has been looking for for a long time. With a commission for this in which it analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of suppressing the time change, the Old Continent is still reluctant to kick off the position.
To do so, the EU would leave each Member State to choose summer or winter time, according to their interests, so it would then be up to each country to give rein to the measure. As far as Spain is concerned, in recent days the (BOE) has recognized the time changes until 2026 as official, so until then, unless further announcement, the time changes will be maintained in March and October of each year.
When does the time change for this 2022?
Always being the change of time to summer use in Spain for the last Saturday of March, for this 2022 the modification on all clocks will take place on March 26. In other words, that Saturday at 2:00 a.m. will become 3:00 a.m., so Sunday night will have one hour less in order to gain one hour of sunlight until the month of October.
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