Hooray one hour longer sleep... yet a big impact on all living things
And yes... Saturday it's time again, we're going into winter time.
There is still a transition from summer to winning, although few still see the usefulness of it.
And although it is generally agreed that it is best to abolish it, we have not yet become much wiser.
One wants the other now, one wants summer hour the other winter hour.
And it should be a bit unanimous in a Europe.
Summer hour was first introduced in 1977.
The idea was to make the time with the most sunlight more coincide with the rhythm of life of man, especially for economic reasons.
Time and research have long shown that that reason is outdated.
And yet it turns out that it is not so easy to move away from the pattern.
Earlier in history, changes were also made, from 1914 to 1918, the German occupiers used their time.
During the winter, one hour ahead of the World Time, and two hours during the summer.
In other words, it was the arrangement as we know it today.
Here too, purely economic reasons were at the root of that decision.
Between the end of the first war and the beginning of the second war, the Belgian government switched to a more moderate system.
During the summer we started walking 1 hour ahead and during the winter we were flush with the Greenwich time.
However, the Second World War brought another change to that.
Then, until 1946, the double daylight saving time system was introduced again.
From 1946 to 1977 everything was abolished again, and from 1977 it was again used the double daylight saving time.
So in fact, it is not a problem today and many changes have already been made.
