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About 10 years in Russia, the clock has been canceled for “winter” and “summer time”, but will this trend continue in 2020? Is it necessary in the near future to get up an hour earlier or later, get used to the new mode of work and sleep, and rebuild our own biorhythms? Indeed, such innovations, according to medical research, very often cause dyssynchronous and depressive disorders in the population.
Will there be changes in 2020
Recently, a public survey was conducted across the country about whether to translate watches in 2020, as it was 10 years ago. He showed that 66% of Russians do not want any changes. The legislators of the State Duma and the Government of the Russian Federation are in solidarity with the country's population. Only a few deputies came up with the innovation initiative in the State Duma, proposing to move the clock hands only in some regions of Russia, especially Siberia and the Far East, but their initiative was not supported by most parliamentarians. Next year, Russians can sleep peacefully, they will not need to ask an unnecessary question: will we change the clock in 2020 and when exactly, so as not to be late for work in the morning. Return to the "summer" and "winter" time calculation is not planned.
What experts say
Russia refused annual temporary fluctuations, as lawmakers listened to the opinion of doctors. Somnologists and psychologists believe that saving energy resources is not as important as public health. An hourly failure in spring and autumn leads to an exacerbation of chronic diseases, creates a kind of “shake-up” for the body, disrupts sleep patterns, dulls concentration and mental activity, and also leads to an increase in the number of road accidents.
On the other hand, some researchers claim that manipulating the indicators on the watch does not have a special negative effect on health, since modern man is no longer so dependent on the laws of nature. They assure that the "winter" time is more suitable for a person according to biorhythms, since it is as close to astronomical as possible. The Russians do not really like to get up an hour earlier in the morning, strain, having heard the early ring of the alarm clock, get up to sleep and go to the workplace in the dark, to take children to school or kindergarten.
International practice of translating watch hands
According to data from previous years, time is transferred annually in spring to 81 countries of the world. These include almost all the countries of the European Union, except Iceland. Temporary transfers 2 times a year are stored in New Zealand, Canada and the US states, in some regions of South America, Africa, Australia. The Japanese government refused double translation back in the 50s. The same applies to many subtropical and equatorial states with long daylight hours. Seasonal transfers remain only in Iran, Namibia, Morocco, Chile, Syria, Lebanon, Burkina Faso, Israel, Paraguay, Brazil, Jordan, Cyprus and the Philippines. The arrows scroll twice a year and the inhabitants of Mexico, the Bahamas and Bermuda, Cuba.
Watch transfer has been practiced for almost all of Europe for many years, although according to surveys 80% of the population favors the transition to constant time. In 2018, the inhabitants of Finland sent a petition to the European Commission to cancel the time change.As a result, the members of the commission decided that temporary fluctuations do more harm to Europeans than benefit the economies of the countries. But the debate in the European Parliament continues to this day. According to the laws of the EU, each country individually must decide on this issue, whether it is closer to "winter" and "summer" time or a stable situation.
Why translate the clock hands
The alternation of “summer” and “winter” time was first introduced at the time of rapid technological and economic growth in the USA and Europe. Such a need arose to save electricity and labor. Then this innovation helped during the Second World War, when hostilities exhausted many countries, and it required saving not only energy resources, but also prolonging working hours in sunlight. Opponents of this venture argued that seasonal time fluctuations lead to additional financial costs, that is, to the need to adjust the appropriate equipment in a new way - work machines, electrical equipment, measuring instruments.
In the time of ancient Russia, our compatriots distributed 24 hours in accordance with the movement of the Sun and were guided by the ringing of bells. In the 19th century, the development of railway communication between remote provinces began. The traffic was time-oriented in St. Petersburg, but after the Great October Revolution of 1917, the European practice of shifting watches in summer and winter was introduced to extend the light working day.
In the fall, the clock hands were set 1 hour ago, and at the end of March, 1 hour ahead. This rule was valid until 1924. Then came the "maternity time", valid until 1981, when the clock hands moved forward an hour, and there were no longer any annual permutations. Since 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree leaving only a summer transfer. Then, from October 2014, the Russians once again readjusted for 1 hour and switched to constant time.
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