N12 – Daylight saving time 2024: when do you move the clock

Tonight at 02:00 in the morning Israel switched to daylight saving time – and the hands moved to 03:00 • Although we lost an hour of sleep that is important for many, we will actually gain more hours of light • The health advantages and disadvantages of switching to daylight saving time and the way to remember when to move the clock forward and when backwards

N12 | Published 03/28/24 09:04 | Updated 03/28/24 23:00

Clock Kits 2024: When do you move the clock? | Photo: News

Tonight he came again – and shortened our sleep: Tonight (between Thursday and Friday) at two o’clock in the morning the hands of the clock moved forward one hour – and Israel switched to summer time. The missed bedtime is a great loss for many, but at the same time it is important to remember that we actually gained a few more hours of light for the next six months. How do you make sure that the clock was automatically changed on the phone, when will Shabbat enter and exit – and the tip to remember when to move forward and when to move back? N12 with everything important and worth knowing.

How and when does this happen?

• Tonight at 02:00 the clock moves forward exactly one hour.
• In the transition to summer time, we lost an hour, when 02:00 in the morning became 03:00 in the morning.
• How do you remember? There is a method: a clock KYitz = KDima, clock HWarf = aHVera
• When will we go back to winter time? On Saturday night, 27.10.2024.

Daylight saving time – and the effects

• The disadvantage – losing one hour of sleep, the advantage – we will gain additional hours of light throughout the day.
• Shabbat entry and exit times will be delayed: in Jerusalem Shabbat will enter at 6:17 p.m. and exit at 7:34 p.m., in Tel Aviv Shabbat will enter at 6:37 p.m. and exit at 7:36 p.m. and in Haifa Shabbat will enter at 6:28 p.m. and exit at 7:36 p.m. .

This is how you will prepare for moving the clock

• Make sure all the clocks are set and you will save yourself confusion and a big risk later on.
• Don’t rely on technology – make sure for yourself that the switch to summer time is automatic on the mobile phone.
• How do you do that? You must enter the device settings and make sure that the automatic update of the date and time button is activated. After that, make sure that the time zone on the device is Jerusalem.
• Working with people from abroad? In the US they already switched to daylight saving time on 10.3.2024, so now we are synchronized with them. In Great Britain, the transition will be on Sunday 31.3.2024, as well as in most other European countries.

Things you should know

• The first country in the world to adopt daylight saving time was Germany, and it did so on April 30, 1916.
• The switch to summer time is sometimes attributed to Benjamin Franklin, although he did not come up with the idea. The one who really came up with the idea is George Vernon Hudson, an English entomologist and astronomer.
• The advantages of summer time: contributes to an increase in the production of vitamin D in the body due to more exposure to the sun and has a positive effect on physical activity.
• The US Department of Transportation has found that daylight saving time causes a reduction in crime rates, as many crimes tend to occur in the dark – especially robberies and sexual assaults.
• The disadvantages of daylight saving time: studies have shown that moving the hands impairs sleep and thus increases the risk of heart attacks.
• A study done at the University of Alabama in Birmingham revealed that changing the time forward in March was associated with a 10% increase in the risk of heart attacks.

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