Change time 2024: When the clock markers have to go an hour back

On the last Sunday of October we will earn an hour of sleep, since its measure is to continue normally this year. Specifically, the change of time to winter will take place at 27.10.24 and, when the clock shows 04:00 a.m., we will have to turn the clock indicators at 03:00 a.m. Regarding the change of time, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport states: “We remind you that, on Sunday, 27 October 2024, the application of the summertime measure, in accordance with Directive 2000/84 of the European Parliament and of the Council of EU 19/01/2001, on the provisions for summer time expires. Clock indicators must be moved one hour back, i.e. from 04:00 a.m. to 03:00 a.m.’ When the time change was applied in Greece In Greece the time change was first applied, testing, in 1932 and specifically from 6 July to 1 September 1932 where the clocks were set one hour ahead. The change of time, originally adopted for reasons of energy saving and also valid in countries such as the United States (in France since 1976), has been causing strong reactions for years. Its critics invoke scientific research that links time change to cardiovascular or immune diseases, due to the interruption of the biological cycle, while at the same time claiming that no energy savings are observed. It is worth noting that in March 2019 the European Parliament had voted in favour of ending this practice, namely adjusting clocks by one hour in spring and autumn, since 2021. “The change of time must be abolished” Commission chief Jean Claude Junker had said in 2018, after a relevant online investigation across the EU. 84% of those who took part in the investigation had agreed to end this practice.