Daylight saving time began on Sunday night. At two in the morning, the clocks moved forward 60 minutes. Time will return to winter on October 27. Shifting can cause difficulties for some people. According to the head of the Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital, Richard Krombholz, compliance with the principles of sleep hygiene can help.
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7:48 a.m. March 31, 2024 Share on Facebook
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The night on Sunday was an hour shorter (illustrative photo) | Source: Profimedia
While people usually have to move wrist or wall clocks themselves, clocks in devices such as telephones or computers are usually adjusted automatically.
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Daylight saving time was first introduced in the Czech lands in 1915 and 1916. It returned during the Second World War in 1940 and lasted until 1949. The Czechs started moving their clocks forward for the third time during the energy crisis at the end of the 1970s.
Until the mid-1990s, summer time lasted half a year in the Czech Republic. Since 1996, the republic has joined EU customs, and the time shift lasts seven months.
In 2018, the European Commission proposed the abolition of daylight saving time. However, the member states have not agreed which time will apply permanently. In September 2021, the Czech government approved a regulation according to which the time will change in the next five years.
Daylight saving time was originally introduced to save energy, but is now negligible. On the contrary, experts point out that negative consequences for human health prevail.
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According to a survey by the research agency STEM/MARK from last October, two-thirds of Czechs do not like the alternation of summer and standard time.
However, there is no unequivocal consensus among people about which time would be better to keep year-round. 40 percent of respondents would prefer summer time, while 31 percent of respondents chose the opposite option. The rest of the respondents did not have clear preferences.
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