The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development recommended that the parliament adopt a bill on the calculation of time in Ukraine, which would provide for the abolition of the transition from summer to winter time and vice versa. This was reported by the committee's press service.
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It is noted that the corresponding bill No. 4201 is aimed at protecting public health, since, according to the majority of scientists and doctors, The specified procedure for calculating time, in terms of the annual movement of clock hands one hour forward and one hour back, has a number of negative consequences. In particular, it causes a significant deterioration in health during the period of adaptation to summer and winter time.
In addition, scientific research has linked time changes to diseases of the cardiovascular or immune systems because they interrupt biological cycles. It has also been proven that changing clocks does not help energy saving.
“In addition, this bill is intended to ensure the protection of the territorial integrity and strengthening of the national security of Ukraine by establishing and consolidating the entire territory of Ukraine without a single Kiev time,” it says. message.
Remember
Daylight saving time is introduced annually, from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, in order to effectively use the daylight hours.
Transition to winter time occurs on the last Sunday of October.
Summer and winter time calculations were first introduced in Great Britain in 1908 to save and more rationally distribute electricity during the day.
Transition to the USSR for summer and winter time has been implemented since 1981.