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Time for summer!
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The clock is changed. On the night of Sunday to Monday, the clocks are set forward one hour at 2 a.m. Exactly. Presented.
In the vast majority of households, technology now does this on its own. Anyone who wakes up in the morning and looks at their cell phone or radio alarm clock, for example, knows immediately what time it is. And yet every year the question comes up: forward or backward.
So that you don't have to dig out this article every time, here are a few mnemonics for the future. Because even if the meaning and purpose of the measure has been debated for years - until the EU states agree on a time, the question will probably arise a few more times as to which direction it will take this time.
The furniture trick: Do you have a terrace or balcony? Then perhaps this support will help: in summer the garden chairs are put
outside
the door, in winter they are
returned
to the basement.
The season trick: spring, summer, autumn, winter. With the seasons in mind, we always head towards summer:
forward in spring,
back
in autumn
.
The thermometer trick: Time changes like the temperature, in summer it is
positive
(introduce), in winter it is
negative
(reset).
The trick for morning grouches: In
spring
you have to
get out
early - because the clock is set forward one hour.
Or the English version: Spring forward, fall back
As you now know, the clocks are set from two to three o'clock
ahead
, so the night becomes shorter - this is a nuisance, especially for people who go to bed late and sleep later in the morning. According to a study, your internal clock is permanently stuck in winter. They then only return to their normal time when the time change occurs in October.
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