Where do we change the time in March? How to readjust your body for summer time

First experiments with time translations

Time was changed for the first time in Russia back in 1917. They looked up to Europe, or more precisely Germany. It was a transition to summer time. But, due to serious unrest in the country, later the clocks were either changed or not, and complete confusion arose in this matter.

This was the case until a USSR decree was issued in 1981. However, for several years people could not completely adapt to the system of constant failure of the biological clock. But what to do, people must adapt to the clock, and they somehow came to terms with this fact.

This was the case before the new bill. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced that Russia will no longer support the global trend, and the transition to winter time has been cancelled. True, practice has shown that the experiment was not the most successful. And again the transition to winter time was introduced.

This bill was called the Law “On the Calculation of Time.” It has been operating since 2011. And until 2014, the country again began to switch to summer time in the spring, and to winter time in the fall. Released in 2014 new law“On the calculation of time,” and the country settled only on winter time, since it most closely corresponds to the universal time calculation and the biological rhythm of man.

And it is not surprising that many today are concerned with the question: will there be a return to changing clocks in 2016? After all, laws change too often for one to get used to them.

Will there be a change to daylight saving time in 2016?

Parliamentarians are reduced to the idea that it is still not worth changing the clocks to summer time. Politicians such as Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Sergei Mironov and Oleg Kulikov make it quite clear that the latest bill is the most relevant both for the country’s economy and for the health of its citizens.

As for the economic issue, a procedure such as reconfiguring meters in private homes and various enterprises incurs large costs. After all, many new-style meters count electricity at night and daytime at different rates.

In addition, policymakers have begun to pay more attention to how changing clocks affects people's well-being.

What doctors say

Russia will not switch to daylight saving time in 2016 based on the recommendations of doctors and sociologists. After all, on average human body It takes about a month to a month and a half to adjust to the new time. The results may be as follows:

1. Fast fatiguability.
2. Sleep disturbance, reduction in its duration and quality.
3. Loss of attention.
4. Often a violation internal functions body, in particular the cardiovascular system.

According to unofficial sources, during this period road accidents due to the fault of drivers increase significantly. If previously little attention was paid to these indicators, now the issue of changing time has become more relevant, and people have finally begun to listen to such indicators.

The time when you need to move your watch forward or back an hour is usually indicated in many information sources. Even if you wanted to forget, they will remind you.

In Ukraine, clocks need to be changed twice a year - in spring and autumn.

In the spring, to switch to daylight saving time, you need to move your clocks forward an hour. We do this in March, on its last Sunday.

In the fall, on the last Sunday in October, we return to standard time by moving the clocks back an hour.

In 2016, you will need to remember to set the clock hands to the night (4 a.m.) from October 29 to 30.

Residents of Ukraine should change their clocks in 2016 on the night of October 29th to 30th. This will be a transition to winter time.

To be more precise, the transition will take place at 4 am.

Don't forget to change your watch!

The changeover to winter time always takes place on the last Sunday in October. In 2016, the last Sunday of October falls on the 30th.

Consequently, the change to winter time in 2016 will happen this year October 30 (at night). The hands must be moved back one hour.

But daylight saving time always takes place on the last Sunday in March - one hour ahead.

In Ukraine, the clocks will change in 2016 on October 30 at 4 am. However, the question is often raised about canceling the time change, as was done in many countries, due to the fact that the benefits of this change are very doubtful, and the harm to people’s health is more significant.

In Ukraine, clock hands are changed twice a year. The transition to winter time, when the hands move back an hour in 2016, will be made on the last Sunday of October, which falls on October 30 according to the calendar.

In Ukraine, the transition to summer time, as well as to winter time, is maintained and residents of the country change the clock hands 2 times a year, since this is required by law.

To switch to winter time, the clock hands must be moved at night from October 29 to October 30, 2016.

I like the switch to winter time, as opposed to the switch to summer time - because you can sleep an hour more. True, it will get dark earlier now, but that’s okay)

Traditionally, clock hands in Ukraine are moved on the last Sunday of March and October.

This year, 2016, the last Sunday in October will be October 30th. Accordingly, the entire country will move its clock hands to winter time. 4 am 10/30/16 one hour ago- that is, for 3 hours.

It’s interesting, but every time after such a translation in the morning I have a moment of panic, did my mobile phone change the time on its own?)))

Ukraine continues to participate in this experiment, in the game with time - here the clock hands are moved twice a year - in the spring one hour forward, and in the fall - one hour back, returning to the original time.

This year is no exception - daylight saving time has been in effect since March 2016. But the clock change to winter time will take place in the fall, in October - on the last weekend. When exactly? The calendar will help us:



On the night of Sunday the thirtieth of October this year, at four o'clock in the morning, winter time will return to Ukraine, as well as to all countries that live with summer and winter time - the clock hands will move back one hour. There will be a corresponding government decree. And people will have a rest from early wake-ups in the morning).

In Ukraine, changing clocks to winter time

carried out in accordance with the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 509 dated May 13, 1996. On the procedure for calculating time on the territory of Ukraine (on the last Sunday of October).

In 2016, Russia will not change the clocks to winter time. We are already all year round We live in winter time.

But Europe, and with it Ukraine, will switch to winter time on the last weekend of October.

The clock hands should be moved back one hour on the night of October 29-30. According to all the rules, this should have been done at 4:00.

When switching to summer time in Europe and Ukraine, the clock hands must be moved forward one hour, and when switching to winter time, they must be moved back an hour. On the last Sunday in October 2016, namely October 30 at 4 am all of Ukraine will move the clocks back one hour.



With the arrival of autumn, many people are interested in the question: when will the transition to winter time take place in Ukraine this year 2016? Still, it’s worth preparing for a change in your daily routine and adapting to it! After all, health problems may arise for some people.

But there’s nothing you can do, you have to get used to this time change. And this is inevitable, because it occurs in accordance with Cabinet of Ministers Resolution 509 On the procedure for calculating time in Ukraine, adopted on May 13, 1996.



Thus, on the night from Saturday to Sunday, October 30, Ukrainians will be able to sleep a whole hour longer.

It’s also good that getting used to winter time is much easier than summer time, because, thanks to the fact that the clock hands are moved back an hour, getting up in the morning is much easier!

Residents of Ukraine will need to change the clock hands one hour ahead. Thus, for just one night we will sleep an hour less, but in return we will get later sunsets.

Time change 2016 in Crimea, DPR and LPR

After switching to daylight saving time, the hands of our clocks will coincide with the time in the annexed Crimea and the part of Donbass controlled by the DPR and LPR. The thing is that these regions live according to Moscow time, and Russia has recently abandoned changing clocks.

Record difference with Russia - 2 hours

In the winter of 2014 - 2015, the time difference between Ukraine and Russia was a record two hours. This was due to the fact that the Russians stopped changing the clocks, and we changed the time, as usual.

In winter - minus hour

Winter time in Ukraine is from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in March. At this time of year in Russia, Crimea, and also partially in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, the clock is .

The real time difference between Donetsk and Uzhgorod is one hour two minutes

It is accepted that Ukrainian cities live according to the same time, although in fact, due to the large extent of Ukraine (1316 km from west to east), each city has its own time ().

Actually the difference between real time is:

• Donetsk - Kyiv - exactly 30 minutes,
• Simferopol - Kyiv - 14 minutes,
• Odessa - Kyiv - just one minute,
• Donetsk - Uzhgorod - 1 hour 2 minutes,
• Lugansk - Uzhgorod - 1 hour 8 minutes.

In Transcarpathia - in two time zones

In Transcarpathia, bordering Hungary, many live in two time zones - Kyiv and European (an hour ago). This is due to the fact that until 1945 the region belonged to various European countries.

Pay close attention to the schedule

Let us remind you that airports, railway stations, and bus stations change their schedules due to the transition to summer time. In order not to be late for transport, you need to carefully monitor the arrows and on the night when the clocks are changed, it is better to leave home in advance to avoid being late.

How to remember whether the clock moves forward or backward

There is one mnemonic rule. Children are usually told about it, although not all adults are familiar with it. It’s easy to remember when and where the clock hands are moved like this:

OO - Autumn Back

BB - Spring Forward

How to readjust your body for summer time

When we switch to daylight saving time, we will have to wake up an hour earlier. And this will provoke lack of sleep and disrupt the regime to which our body has become accustomed over the past six months.

"The work of the autonomic system depends on these two factors - sleep quality and biorhythms. nervous system(VNS). She cannot adapt to new conditions overnight - this takes about two weeks. For people who are not in excellent health, restructuring takes up to 30 days,” Irina Bartosh, a neurologist and co-author of a method for treating autonomic disorders, explained to Vesti.

To reduce the stress of getting up early, the specialist suggests going to bed 15 minutes earlier today in order to get up the same amount earlier tomorrow. Tomorrow - for 30 minutes, the day after tomorrow - for 45, etc. Thus, by the time daylight saving time switches, the body will already be somewhat adapted to early awakening.

In the following days, the doctor recommends saturating the menu with serotonin: “This substance Have a good mood. Serotonin champions: bananas, oatmeal, raisins, dried apricots, nuts. Eat them every morning. Try to walk in the sun for at least 30 minutes every day - ultraviolet light promotes the production of serotonin."

Immediately after waking up, the neurologist advises walking for a couple of minutes on corn or buckwheat grains scattered on a piece of fabric - this will prevent lethargy.

“On each foot there are about 30 biologically active points associated with all organs and systems of the body. And after a hygienic shower, take a contrast shower. It tones the ANS,” explains Irina Bartosh.

“Summer time”, “winter time”... These terms appeared more than 100 years ago in connection with the emergence of the idea of ​​saving energy resources by moving the clock hands forward and backward. For the first time, moving time an hour forward in summer and an hour back in winter took place in 1908 in Great Britain.

The very idea of ​​such savings belongs to the American statesman, one of the authors of the US Declaration of Independence - Benjamin Franklin. True, in America itself the transition to “summer” and “winter” time began only in 1918. Today, the switch mode is used at all latitudes from Canada to Australia. 78 out of 192 countries in the world set their clocks forward and back twice a year.

“Summer” and “winter” time in Russia

In Russia, such a transition took place for the first time on July 1, 1917. A decree was issued by the Provisional Government, according to which the hands of all clocks in Russia were moved forward one hour, and they were moved back by a special decree of the Council of People's Commissars, which was adopted on December 22, 1917. However, during that turbulent time, the clock change was not always adhered to, as a result of which complete chaos arose in “winter” and summer time.

To resolve the issue with time accuracy once and for all, the Council people's commissars On June 16, 1930, the USSR adopted a resolution according to which “maternity time” was introduced on the territory of the USSR: the clock hands were moved one hour ahead relative to standard time, and were no longer moved back. From then on, the country lived and worked all year round, ahead of the natural daily cycle by 1 hour.

In 1981, the hands began to move again. But in November 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed discussing the feasibility of switching to “summer” and “winter” time. As a result, it was decided not to support the worldwide trend and return to constant time. As a result, Russia was 2 hours behind the rest of the planet. However, the law “On the Calculation of Time” was revised, and from 2011 to 2014, the hands were changed again in the country.

There is a high probability that in 2016 the clock change in Russia will not take place

Today, many Russian citizens are interested in the question: will the clock change continue in 2016? Even 5 years ago, Dmitry Medvedev noted that from ordinary citizens he heard much more criticism of the clock change than support. Many members of the Russian Parliament (including - famous politicians Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Sergei Mironov and Oleg Kulikov) believe that after the establishment of “winter” time, it is no longer worth changing the clocks in 2016.

In defense of this point of view, arguments were given that more care should be taken about the health and comfort of the country's citizens. After all, many people probably know the theory of doctors and sociologists that changing the clocks negatively affects the state of health, especially the human nervous system, because “getting used to” a new daily routine takes at least a month and a half for a healthy person.

And for children, elderly and unhealthy people It will take much more time to adapt, suffering from sleep disorders, disorders of the cardiovascular system and other body functions. Russian parliamentarians believe that the transition to standard time will contribute to the improvement and growth of the working capacity of the population, increasing labor productivity and improving demographic situation in the country.

Time change in CIS countries

In the Baltic countries, the schedule for changing clocks to “summer” and “winter” time is valid until 2016, but the leaders Lithuania, Latvia And Estonia We are confident that the European Commission will extend it for another 5 years. “We are moving the clock hands, most likely not to last time, since no country has yet European Union did not raise this issue,” the Lithuanian parliament said. Ukraine will also adhere to the time change: in 2016, on March 27 at 3:00, the clock hands will be moved forward an hour.

On March 27, 2016 at 3:00 Ukrainians will move their clocks forward

But many countries live on a clock basis without switching to “summer” and “winter” time. Yes, the government Georgia back in the fall of 2005, it decided to abandon the switch to “winter” time. According to the Georgian authorities, the refusal to switch is explained by the fact that under summer time conditions Georgia will be able to use electricity more economically, especially since summer time corresponds better to human biorhythms than winter time.

They no longer switch to “winter” time in Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan And Kazakhstan. The local authorities explain this by local climatic and religious features. Even earlier (in 1990) he abandoned the transition to “summer” and “winter” time Uzbekistan, and since the fall of 1991 he no longer moved the clock hands to “winter” time and Tajikistan. In addition, since 2011, the arrows have not been switched to Belarus.

In all countries of the world, there is constantly an intense dialogue between supporters and opponents of “winter” and “summer” time. Supporters include economists, manufacturers sports equipment and retail chain. Among the opponents are doctors, sociologists, transport workers, farmers and programmers. We can only listen to the outcome of this dispute.

In the literal sense of the word “keeping up with the times,” for 100 years in a row, most European countries have moved the hands of all clocks forward one hour once a year. This change is due to the fact that officially accepted time does not always coincide with “natural” time. In other words, summer days give us more light(early sunrises and sunsets after 9 pm). It is believed that moving the clock hands forward further “extends” the working day, saves energy and is convenient for people. IN former USSR The first time change to daylight saving time occurred in 1981. As in Europe, this was due to the government's decision to save electrical energy. Every year until recently, we were constantly wondering when the time would be changed again. This usually happened on the night from Saturday to Sunday last days Martha. Such a day was chosen in order to give a day to adapt to the new time.

So when do they change the time? Problems encountered during the transition to daylight saving time

Electricity savings after the innovations actually increased to 2%, but other problems also arose. It turned out that due to lost biorhythms, people began to get sick more often. Moreover, these diseases were not “simple” ailments and drowsiness, but more frequent cases of strokes and heart attacks. It turned out that changing clocks to daylight saving time is simply dangerous to health. In those days when in Russia and Ukraine they moved the clocks forward just one hour, the number of requests for medical care increased sharply. The officially recorded number of cardiovascular diseases increased by only 7%(!)! Changing clocks has become beneficial to the pharmaceutical industry: the number of products sold has increased. medicines“from pressure”, “from headache” and “from the heart”. The “new” time influenced the number of suicides. Their number in the first week after temporary changes increases to 66%. Ambulances do not have time to reach patients - the number of calls increases to 12%. Conflicts at work, at home, on the street are becoming more frequent, and the number of road accidents is increasing.

Will the time be changed in the spring of 2016? Ending Daylight Saving Time?

Unfortunately, officially admit bad influence Neither scientists nor the government decided to change the clocks to daylight saving time for a very long time. In 2000, Belarusian doctors insisted on abolishing summer time and returning to the traditional “correct winter” time. Now many countries and Russia have decided not to change time to summer. Given the dramatic consequences caused by moving clocks forward an hour, there is no longer an official time change in Russia.

Is there any information when the time is changed to summer 2016 in Russia?

It has been officially decided that, taking into account the negative factors affecting human health and well-being, there will be no time change to daylight saving in 2016. However, residents of the northeastern regions of Russia have prepared a project on temporary changes. In particular, Altai region, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands are going to send a document on the transition to summer time to the State Duma and the President of the Russian Federation. Residents of these regions of the Russian Federation want to switch to summer time on March 27, 2016. The residents of the regions themselves initiated this decision. People complained that the official time did not coincide with the natural rhythm of night and day.

When do the clocks change for summer time 2016 in Ukraine - on Saturday or Sunday?

Unlike Russia, Ukraine did not abandon the “summer” time changes. This year, all Ukrainians will have to change their clocks on March 27th. This will happen at 3 am on the last Sunday of the month. For convenience, most people in Ukraine will set their clocks forward an hour before going to bed on Saturday. When they wake up, they will begin to live in a new time. Changing the hands from Saturday to Sunday makes it easier to get used to the new rhythm of life.

Probably, the debate about whether a short week-long period when the time is set forward one hour is so harmful for a person will not subside. Whether we change the clock or not, time itself will tell. The best way Avoiding stress will include following a daily routine, proper sleep and reasonable alternation of periods of work/rest.