Spring Forward to Daylight Saving Time
Night of Saturday, March 28 to Sunday, March 29, 2026
What is the switch to daylight saving time?
Switching to daylight saving time is a practice of adjusting legal time by moving clocks forward by one hour for part of the year, generally in spring, in order to make better use of natural daylight in the evenings.
When the clocks spring forward, at 2 a.m. it becomes 3 a.m. This change causes the loss of one hour of sleep and shifts legal time two hours away from solar time. Each year, the change takes place on the last Sunday of March.
The time change disrupts our biological clock and leads to fatigue and disturbances in eating and mood. Its impact in terms of energy savings is highly debatable.
Since when has the time change existed?
The origin of this measure dates back to 1907, when Great Britain wanted to combat the waste of daylight.
Advantages and disadvantages of the time change
The benefits of this measure are widely disputed, particularly by the agricultural and construction sectors. The impact on the health of humans and animals is also negative.
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