Saturday night
to Sunday
DST arrives; turn the clock forward
What does the time change?
official Spring landed in Spain on Monday, but for many the real change of season does not arrive until the clocks forward and backward one hour evening. Praised by some and criticized by others, the time change is required in Europe. Why?
Russia has planted. From next autumn will not change the time and deleted the winter schedule. But in other countries the clock change is a sign of the arrival of spring or autumn largest jump almost official station. In Spain plays to advance the schedule on Sunday. In the morning, the two hands must be put in three.
Early risers complain that again wake up at night and many parents because it disrupts the schedule for their children. Others, because next Sunday will have only 23 hours and a few because they see no use ....
Who is right?
The time is changed mainly to save energy. At least, that's the official explanation. The first skirmishes took place during the First World War, but it was not until the oil crisis of the seventies of last century when it began to generalize the time change in the more developed countries.
The objective is to adapt to changes in light and use less electricity to make better use of natural light, the sun. Therein lies the controversy because it questions whether the savings (if any) outweigh the disruption and whether it would be better to act as Russia and delete the winter timetable ....
What does the English Government?
The Ministry of Industry defends the time change. It relies on the report requested the European Commission in 1999 and explores the scope and impact of the measure. And the conclusion is that not only energy saving benefits, but has a positive impact in other areas of life such as health, tourism and road safety.
How long does it save?
"The savings potential in lighting in Spain can represent 5% of electricity consumption in lighting, or about 300 million euros. Of this amount, 90 million correspond to the potential of English households, representing a saving of six euros per household, while the other 210 million would be saved in other buildings of the tertiary and industry, "says the Ministry of Industry, in a press release.
These estimates are the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDEA), but Industry clarifies that to achieve these savings, not enough to change the clock, but you have to accompany a behavior "responsible" at home and without artificial lighting when not needed, for example. It also stresses the use of efficient technologies in lighting, such as light sensors.
Is it mandatory?
In Spain the time change is required. It establishes an EU directive to be followed by all member countries of the European Union. This law dates from 1981 and has been renewed every four years, but in 2001 it was decided to have an indefinite term. In Spain, the policy is incorporated into national law in 2002.
Do all countries do?
No. The European Union does, the U.S. and Canada, too, and many Latin American countries. But nations close to Ecuador does not have this habit, among other things because the seasons have little influence on the times of sunrise and sunset. According to Wikipedia, only a minority of the world applies different hours in winter and summer, because in Africa and Asia there are no such variations.
official Spring landed in Spain on Monday, but for many the real change of season does not arrive until the clocks forward and backward one hour evening. Praised by some and criticized by others, the time change is required in Europe. Why?
Russia has planted. From next autumn will not change the time and deleted the winter schedule. But in other countries the clock change is a sign of the arrival of spring or autumn largest jump almost official station. In Spain plays to advance the schedule on Sunday. In the morning, the two hands must be put in three.
Early risers complain that again wake up at night and many parents because it disrupts the schedule for their children. Others, because next Sunday will have only 23 hours and a few because they see no use ....
Who is right?
The time is changed mainly to save energy. At least, that's the official explanation. The first skirmishes took place during the First World War, but it was not until the oil crisis of the seventies of last century when it began to generalize the time change in the more developed countries.
The objective is to adapt to changes in light and use less electricity to make better use of natural light, the sun. Therein lies the controversy because it questions whether the savings (if any) outweigh the disruption and whether it would be better to act as Russia and delete the winter timetable ....
What does the English Government?
The Ministry of Industry defends the time change. It relies on the report requested the European Commission in 1999 and explores the scope and impact of the measure. And the conclusion is that not only energy saving benefits, but has a positive impact in other areas of life such as health, tourism and road safety.
How long does it save?
"The savings potential in lighting in Spain can represent 5% of electricity consumption in lighting, or about 300 million euros. Of this amount, 90 million correspond to the potential of English households, representing a saving of six euros per household, while the other 210 million would be saved in other buildings of the tertiary and industry, "says the Ministry of Industry, in a press release.
These estimates are the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDEA), but Industry clarifies that to achieve these savings, not enough to change the clock, but you have to accompany a behavior "responsible" at home and without artificial lighting when not needed, for example. It also stresses the use of efficient technologies in lighting, such as light sensors.
Is it mandatory?
In Spain the time change is required. It establishes an EU directive to be followed by all member countries of the European Union. This law dates from 1981 and has been renewed every four years, but in 2001 it was decided to have an indefinite term. In Spain, the policy is incorporated into national law in 2002.
Do all countries do?
No. The European Union does, the U.S. and Canada, too, and many Latin American countries. But nations close to Ecuador does not have this habit, among other things because the seasons have little influence on the times of sunrise and sunset. According to Wikipedia, only a minority of the world applies different hours in winter and summer, because in Africa and Asia there are no such variations.
If nothing happens the next entry will be remarkable past and the time change, so from here I do get to play forward the clock and thus at 2:00 am Sunday 3:00 and 28 will therefore have 23 hours on Sunday.
And all this for a simple change of time, even humans do not understand how we have survived so many centuries ...
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