The issue of the transition from winter to summer time continues to be discussed in many regions of Russia, therefore, we propose to understand in more detail whether it is possible to return the transition to "summer" time in 2022.
Recall that the transition from "winter" to "summer" time and vice versa brings people a lot of inconvenience, and some even financial losses, so the cancellation of such a transition in Russia in 2014 was approved by almost everyone.
However, statements about the mandatory transfer of the hands one hour ahead continue to sound, so the question of whether there will be a return to "summer / winter" time in Russia in 2022 is still relevant.
Who and why invented the clock transfer
Many publications incorrectly attribute the invention of summer time to the famous English builder and outdoor enthusiast William Willett. He independently pondered the possibility of introducing "daylight saving time" in 1905 during a trip before breakfast, seeing London sleeping in the already rising sun, noting how many residents of the city wake up a significant part of the summer day. An avid golfer, he also disliked finishing the game at dusk.
In 1907, an article appeared in one of the British newspapers "On wasting daylight" by William Willett with a proposal to move the time forward 20 minutes every Sunday in April (80 minutes in total), and to reverse the clock in September. Willett lobbied unsuccessfully for his proposal in the UK until his death from the flu in 1915, and the first nation in Europe to use Willett's idea to conserve coal during the war (from April 30, 1916) was Germany and its allies in World War I. …
Great Britain, most of its allies, and many European neutral countries soon followed suit; Russia and several other countries next year, and the United States in 1918. In many countries, posters of the same type were issued on this topic, which called for patriotic feelings.
Harm and benefit
Studies show that during the transition to a new time in young children and the elderly, stress reactions, disturbances in sleep patterns, the activity of the cardiovascular and immune systems, and metabolic processes are noted.
After the transition to summer time, the number of ambulance calls for exacerbations of cardiovascular diseases increases by 7%. The translation of arrows deprives people of the morning phases of sleep, leads to chronic lack of sleep and, as a result, to an overall increase in mortality. Cardiology data indicate special problems during this period in hypertensive patients. Opponents of the transfer of arrows are also people who take medications exactly on time. For example, patients with diabetes mellitus. In 2000, a number of Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian doctors proposed to abandon the practice of switching to daylight saving time.
Physiologists assess the transition to summer time as an environmental shock. They believe that normal sleep can only occur when it coincides with local standard time, otherwise it is disrupted.
Saving energy is the main argument of supporters of summer time. But this argument was valid several decades ago, when people's privacy was less about electricity than their work. Today, power engineers do not see much difference in energy consumption in summer and winter.
Refusal to transfer hours
Important! In 2011, Russia switched to "constant summer time", and in 2014 (after the abolition of the "Medvedev" reform) - to "constant winter". There are no plans to transfer clocks in 2022 either.
For many regions, the issue of "inconvenient" light shift was solved by transferring them to a certain time zone.In 2022, the following time zone system operates on the territory of Russia:
Statistics abroad
Currently, 76 countries use daylight saving time, in one form or another (of which 10 countries do not use it in all regions), and 128 countries do not.
In the Northern Hemisphere, summer time is used in the USA, Canada, European countries, as well as throughout Russia.
In the southern hemisphere, daylight saving time is used in Australia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.
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