In March 2011, I wrote this article below about Winter time and summer time, three and a half year later, it was decided to change back and to keep only Winter time!
It means that in October (2014), the time difference with London will stay 3 hours. Next summer, Russia should keep the winter time and the time difference will be only 2 hours instead of 3.
After two winter with summer time, I don't know what to think, is it better to have more light on the afternoon or in the morning. I'll share my feelings this winter!!
Article published in March 2011:
In a lot of countries, each year it's the same speech, should we continue setting our clocks one hour forward or backward. There are pros and cons, and each year we can hear the same arguments. Each year you said? Not anymore in Russia as a decree from President Dmitri Medvedev stated that Russia is permanently on daylight-saving time!
It means that in October (2014), the time difference with London will stay 3 hours. Next summer, Russia should keep the winter time and the time difference will be only 2 hours instead of 3.
After two winter with summer time, I don't know what to think, is it better to have more light on the afternoon or in the morning. I'll share my feelings this winter!!
Article published in March 2011:
In a lot of countries, each year it's the same speech, should we continue setting our clocks one hour forward or backward. There are pros and cons, and each year we can hear the same arguments. Each year you said? Not anymore in Russia as a decree from President Dmitri Medvedev stated that Russia is permanently on daylight-saving time!
It means that from October, 30th 2011 till March, 25th 2012 the time difference between Moscow and Greenwich time will be of 4 hours instead of 3 previously. So if it's 2PM in London, it will be 6PM in Moscow, and 3PM in Paris.
You might ask yourself why Russia took that decision, here are some explanations:
First a quote from the Moscow Times: "Medvedev, who has already tinkered with time by reducing the number of the country's time zones to nine from 11, has said switching clocks back and forth is bad for health. Scientific studies also show more suicides and heart attacks occur immediately after a shift to daylight-saving time, and that switching clocks back and forth causes more pollution."
Some experts also stated that depending on the region, the change would increase the amount of perceived daylight by 7 to 17 percent. However Russia's abolition of wintertime will boost annual electricity consumption by 1 billion kilowatts per hour, or 0.01 percent of total usage, since mornings will be darker and people will need to use more energy.
In ending the practice, Russia joins Japan, China, South Korea and the former Soviet republics of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Georgia in not changing clocks seasonally
Who's next!!
French version: http://regards-sur-la-russie.blogspot.com/2011/03/heure-dete-vs-heure-dhiver.html
French version: http://regards-sur-la-russie.blogspot.com/2011/03/heure-dete-vs-heure-dhiver.html
