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That’s the usual tradition over the last weekend of March: one hour less sleep, one hour longer day light. Clocks in Greece will need to be set one hour forward in the night from Saturday to Sunday, March 30th to 31st 2019.
With or without human aid, clocks suddenly show 4:00 a.m. instead of 3:00.
The change back to normal, back to winter time that is, will take place at the last week end of October.
It is not the last time, we change the clocks, after the EU Commission and the Parliament decided that this decades-long practice should come to an end, as originally planned. We have to wait for two more years.
On Thursday, the European Parliament voted with a majority of 410 to 192 to scrap the custom of changing the clocks by an hour in spring and fall starting with 2021. Member states now have to approve of the measure in order for it to be enforced.
EU countries will be able to choose whether to remain on “permanent summer” or “permanent winter” time. Member states that would choose permanent summer time would adjust their clocks for the last time in March 2021, while those that want permanent winter time would do so in October 2021.
It is not clear yet, what Greece will choose.
Last year, the European Parliament called for a review of the twice-yearly hour changes across the EU bloc. A Finnish citizens’ petition and health concerns have led to the move.
In a poll conducted on KTG website majority of readers are in favor of permanent summer time. Unfortunately, there is no data about the voters’ countries.
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