Daylight Saving Time is back, starting tomorrow 31 March the clock will move forward by one hour

After six months, tomorrow, Sunday, March 31, 2024, Daylight Saving Time will return . We'll have to move our clocks forward one hour . Let's find out all the details together: what time to do it, what the benefits are, and how long it will last!

A bit of history on summer time, when was it born in Italy?

The concept of Daylight Saving Time is very old, dating back to the eighteenth century. However, in Italy, this system was adopted starting in 1916 and only became permanent 50 years ago, in 1966.

In recent years, there has been talk of abolishing daylight saving time . In 2018, the European Commission conducted a survey with over 4,5 million respondents. 84% of the votes were in favor of abolishing it! In 2019, the abolition date was set for 2021 , leaving individual countries free to decide whether to maintain this system or not. The outbreak of the pandemic, then, rightly gave priority to other things , so this remains an open question.

Daylight saving time will return on Sunday 31 March 2024

Daylight saving time will return to effect in Italy on the night between Saturday, March 30th and Sunday, March 31st, 2024. At exactly 2:00 AM, clocks will be set forward one hour , making it 3:00 AM . There's no need to update; as usual, the change will occur automatically for all devices connected to the internet.

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Do you sleep more or less?

This is one of the first questions we ask ourselves when the time changes: will we sleep more or less? When daylight saving time returns, the answer is unfavorable. We'll sleep an hour less , even though, in return, we'll gain an extra hour of daylight , with all the benefits that brings.

First of all, we're talking about significant energy savings, since the longer duration of natural lighting reduces the need for artificial lighting . And what about the increased road safety associated with greater visibility? On the other hand, it seems, the changes could negatively impact sleep, with consequent repercussions on our productivity.

When will Standard Time return?

While it's not over yet as we write this, are you already wondering when daylight saving time will return? Well, barring any changes to the schedule (which could always happen), the date for the return to the current time has already been set for the night between Saturday, October 26th and Sunday, October 27th, 2024.