March 26th 2006
We all know that once a year we set the clock an hour forward, and then when the winter comes we set it one hour back. But why do we do that?In fact this system is intended to “save” daylight, and is therefore called Daylight saving time. From the official standard time you change it to match the daylight hours with the hours you are in fact active during the day. In that way it is supposed to be an Energy Conservation, because you save the use of electric lights when you are able to use the daylight.
This is commonly used in the temperate regions, and has its origin during the First World War in Germany, where the German government first put this system in to work. Afterwards other countries, starting with UK followed, and today it is just normal, but there are till people against this rule, as they believe it is in conflict with the nature.
A good way to remember if you have to set the time forward or backwards, is to think about the weather. Now the good weather is comming, so you go out more, then you also go one hour forward, as to when the winter comes you go inside because of the cold, and thereby set the clock one hour backwards. Easy to remember, right?!
