The change to summer time takes place every year on the last Sunday of March. So, on the morning of the 31st of the month, the hands of the clocks will go forward one hour.
At dawn on the 31st of the month, the hands of the clocks will go forward one hour and we will sleep one hour less
This practically means that we will lose an hour of sleep.
“We remind you that, on Sunday, March 31, 2024, the application of the winter time measure expires, in accordance with Directive 2000/84 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19/01/2001, regarding the winter time provisions. The hands of the clocks must be moved forward one hour, ie from 03:00 AM. at 04:00 AM.” is mentioned in the announcement of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.
How the measure started
The time change measure was initiated as it was thought that people would make better use of daylight during the summer months and save energy.
In the 70s, just two years after the energy crisis that broke out in Europe in 1973, it was decided to adopt the summer time measure by a large part of its states, including Greece.
Since 1996, a single, pan-European regulation has been in effect, whereby in the Spring we turn the clocks forward one hour (so that we use the daylight for an extra hour), while in the Autumn we put them back one hour.
Iceland has not adopted the measure. Belarus stopped changing time after 2011 and permanently adopted daylight saving time (UTC +3), to keep up with the change originally made by Russia. From April 27, 2011 and by decree of the Russian (then) President Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow Daylight Saving Time (+4 UTC) was established throughout the year.
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