In particular, this change from summer to winter time will take place on the last Sunday of October, where the clocks will go back one hour. This, in other words, is expected to happen in the early hours of Sunday, October 27, when the hands of the clocks at 4 am. they will go back one hour and show 3am..
How it was established
Daylight saving time is based on a system that aims to make the best use of daylight to save energy. In Greece and Europe, summer time lasts for 7 months, while winter (or solar time) starts on the last Sunday of October and is applied for 5 months.
The first reference to using daylight saving time was by Benjamin Franklin in a letter published in a French newspaper. In this letter there is no mention of changing the time, but a suggestion that people wake up an hour earlier.
Today the portion of the world’s population that uses daylight saving time is a minority, as almost all Asian and African countries do not participate. Others have repealed it or plan to repeal the measure.
The European Union has decided to end mandatory time change in 2021, giving each member state the option to independently choose whether to keep summer or winter time.
In Greece, the relevant consultation was postponed indefinitely.
Time change 2024: When did it appear in Greece?
In Greece, daylight saving time was implemented for the first time, on a trial basis, in 1932, specifically from July 6th to September 1st, where the clocks went one hour forward. However, the idea was quickly abandoned. However, in 1973, due to the energy crisis that hit Europe, it was decided to adopt the summer time measure by a large part of the states, including Greece at the time. The new measure was first implemented in our country in 1975 and continues to this day.
Thus, the difference in relation to the light of the Sun that also determines the real time became very large, mainly in the western parts of the country and more so in Corfu.
In the following years, a simple shift of the opening time of public services and shops by half an hour, in the winter season, was adopted.
Two years, however, 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. It was implemented in 1975.
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