Adjust the clocks: daylight saving time comes tonight
Adjust the clocks
The appointment with summer time in 2021 is set for this weekend, on the night between Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 March. Environmental usefulness is being discussed in Europe
(Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images) For those who still have an analog watch on their wrist, the time has come to move the hands forward by an hour. The appointment with the summer time in 2021 is set for this night, between Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 March, when at 2, those who really insist on not wanting to fall asleep will be able to make the transition to the new time themselves.In addition to the prospect of longer days (which we hope to be able to enjoy soon, with the relaxation of the restrictions linked to the pandemic), there is an important reason that guides the choice of summer time: that of energy saving. According to Terna data, the company that manages the national electricity grid, in the seven months of summer time of 2020, Italy saved a total of 400 million kilowatt hours of electricity, equal to the average annual consumption of about 150,000 households, with a benefit economic for the system of 66 million euros and positive impacts also in terms of environmental sustainability, with 205 thousand less tons of CO 2 emitted into the atmosphere.
From 2004 to 2020, according to Terna's analysis, the lower electricity consumption for the country due to summer time was approximately 10 billion kilowatt hours overall and resulted in savings for citizens of 1 billion and 720 million euros in economic terms.
The issue of costs and benefits is always at the center of the discussion, with a view to moving from a natural time to a legal one, established by convention. In Europe, the transition from winter to summer time is common to the member states, which have introduced it a little in random order on their own, passing only later to a coordinated harmonization process within the community. And the decision is still debated today, with very different perspectives on advantages and disadvantages.
Already in 2007 a Commission report tried to make a point on the "implications of summer time" in the states of the Union, looking at also to the size of the common market and the repercussions on the most affected economic sectors. On the contribution of summer time, various parameters were observed, including "the greater consumption of energy for heating at the beginning of the day" or "the greater consumption of fuel due to a possible increase in traffic in the evenings when there is more light" . 2020 should have marked a final decision by the Commission on the use of summer time in Europe, but due to the pandemic the discussion was postponed.
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Man races against time to change hundreds of clocks
This man is racing against time to change 365 clocks
before daylight saving time puts the clocks forward for summer
Werner Stechbarth has been collecting clocks since 1975
He usually leaves 3-5 days for the task
'Back in the day when I was still a bit hectic I used to have clock parties, I invited friends around and between 2 and 3 a.m. we changed all the clocks. But that was when I was young and beautiful. Now I do it all alone.'
'My clocks are the love of my life, I love them above all else. In the evening - other people take sleeping pills so they can sleep - I sit in my comfy chair, turn everything off, look at my clocks, listen to the ticking and watch the hands moving. And then I feel so calm and relaxed that I can go to bed and sleep beautifully.'
Video TranscriptWERNER STECHBARTH: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
INTERPRETER: Back in the day when I was still a bit hectic, I used to have clock parties. I invited friends around. And between 2:00 and 3:00 A.M., we changed all the clocks. But that was when I was young and beautiful.
Now I do it all alone. My clocks are the love of my life. I love them above all else.
In the evening, other people take sleeping pills so they can sleep. I sit in my comfy chair, turn everything off, look at my clocks, listen to the ticking, and watch the hands moving. And then I feel so calm and relaxed that I can go to bed and sleep beautifully.
