Time change: Summer time in Germany – clocks are set forward

0

Time change
Summer time in Germany – clocks are set forward

With the time change, Central European summer time applies again in this country. photo

© Alicia Windzio/dpa

While some people are annoyed about a “stolen hour” of sleep when they set the clock forward for summer time, others are happy about a welcome sign of spring.

It is again Summer time – in Germany and most European countries the clocks are set forward from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. in the early morning. This means that Central European summer time applies again in this country. The aim of the time change, which was reintroduced in 1980, is to make better use of daylight brightness.

The Physical-Technical Federal Institute (PTB) in Braunschweig is responsible for disseminating time in Germany. Their scientific experts ensure that radio-controlled clocks, station clocks and many industrial clocks are supplied with the legal time via a long-wave transmitter called “DCF77” in Mainflingen near Frankfurt/Main.

Daylight saving time ends again when clocks go back from 3 a.m. to 2 a.m. on October 27th.

dpa

#Subjects

source site-1