We are all used to changing the time a couple of times a year, when the clocks go back or forward, but is it worth it?
Origin
On Saturday, March 16, 1940, eleven o’clock at night became twelve o’clock, advancing the clock one hour in Spain by order of the government, a decision that was taken at first temporarily and that came to stay.
Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Portugal synchronized.
England reverted to GMT time after the end of World War II, while France and Spain did not. Other countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg also follow Greenwich Mean Time.
Thus Spain said goodbye to the Greenwich Mean Time Zone (GMT, in winter), which is the one that corresponds to us by geographical location.
82 years later, it is still in force
Except for the Canary Islands, the rest of the country has Berlin Time instead of Western Time, which means one hour ahead of the sun in winter and two hours in summer.
According to the IDAE (Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving), it points to potential savings of some 300 million euros.
On the other hand, there are opinions that affirm that the extinction of the time change will benefit the health, the work environment and even the free time of the citizens. Therefore, they suggest that Spain should return to the time that really corresponds to it.
According to the results of different studies on the adoption of a time zone more in line with Spain’s position on the map, some have concluded that energy consumption would not vary too much by setting our clocks back one hour.
What about you, which schedule do you choose?