Only a few weeks to take advantage of summer time …
Who says at the end of the summer, says the passage at winter time soon. Like every year in October, we will change time. For the record, it was in 1975 that the French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing decided to set up “A summer hour and an hour winter to better coincide the day and the day” to save electricity. He had announced his idea in 1973 when he was then Minister of Economy and Finance. In the world, around sixty countries apply seasonal timetables while others have abandoned them such as Tunisia, Egypt, Russia, Ukraine, Iceland, Armenia … This very contested measure should be deleted in France but it continues to apply.
What day do we go to winter time in 2025?
The next visit to summer time takes place on the night of Saturday October 25 to Sunday October 26. At 2 a.m., it will be 1 a.m. so we will win an hour.
Do we advance or go back one hour?
It’s always the big question. When going to winter time, we get back by an hour. More specifically, the summer time adds an hour to the time zone while the winter time deletes one. Here is a mnemonic way to remember:
► The passage at winter time takes place in the octob monthD, we DCule therefore one hour so at 2 am, it will be 1 hour.
► The passage to summer time takes place around the month ofAVril, we AVtherefore one hour so At 2 a.m. it will be 3 hours (We lose an hour of sleep)
Will it be the end of the time change?
The time change has become common to the majority of European Union member states since 1998, but the system is increasingly criticized. At the request of the European Parliament, the European Commission had organized an online consultation during the summer of 2018. Among the 4.6 million Europeans who participated, 84% were against the time change. However, and in particular because of the health crisis, the text on the end of the time change is no longer on the agenda.
Since when is there a change of time in France?
The time change is a measure that was established for the first time in France in 1916, after Germany and the United Kingdom, with the aim of saving energy resources such as coal. It was abandoned from 1945 to 1975, then was replaced in 1976, after the oil shock of 1973 in the face of the outbreak of oil prices. It was a question of saving the electricity produced at the time mainly by fuel oil, thanks to an hour of natural sunshine more in the evenings. In 1975, President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing decided that the watches will be put forward in winter by an hour on the Greenwich time and two hours during the summer to reduce the use of electricity to light up. The decree of September 19, 1975 formalizes the change of time in mainland France. In overseas, the time change does not apply except in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Since 1998, the time change dates have been harmonized within the European Union. In all member countries, the transition to winter time is the last Sunday in October and the transition to summer time, the last Sunday in March.
Some of us are particularly sensitive to changes in the sleep pace. To adapt gently, you must try to‘anticipate The time change by gradually shifting The key moments of the day such as meals, bedtime, nap time or bath time for children …
► For the winter time: We delay meals and bedtime a quarter of an hour 4 days before the winter time. We do not hesitate to use a dawn simulator to facilitate alarm clock.
► For summer time: We advance meals and bedtime a quarter of an hour 4 days before going to summer time. For example, on the first day, we eat at 12:30 p.m., the second day at 12:15 p.m., the third day at 12 noon and the fourth day at 11:45 am. We close our shutters well so as not to be too disturbed by daylight.
“When we spend in winter time, we perceive the night earlier, our melatonin will be secreted earlier and we will want to sleep earlier at night, explains Dr. Catherine Lamblin, sleep doctor. In 2-3 days, the organization normally begins to get used to the new time “. In the days following the time change, “It is better Listen to our body and go to bed when we feel fatigueeven if it is not always easy with professional or family constraints“, Advises Dr Catherine Lamblin, sleep doctor.
