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Spring time change in Hungary: an important date is approaching
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The spring 2024 clock changeover is set for 31 March (Easter Sunday), signalling the transition to daylight saving time. At 2:00 a.m., clocks will spring forward to 3:00 a.m., resulting in one hour less sleep that night.
Start of daylight saving time: 31 March 2024 (Easter)
End of daylight saving time: 27 October 2024.
The clock changeover is causing damage on many fronts
While the positive benefits of the clock change are debatable, the literature provides plenty of evidence about the negative consequences. Some studies have shown that the habit has led to a spectacular 30 percent increase in fatal traffic accidents after the clock changeover and a 6 percent increase in workplace accidents during the first Monday after the changeover, vg.hu reports.
The number of medical malpractice cases increases by 19 percent in the week after the clock change, the number of heart attacks rises by 29 percent, strokes by 8 percent and the number of patients with depressive symptoms increases by 11 percent during the same period.
This nonsense has to stop. We’re not farmers anymore, and our body clock gradually adjusts to the longer or shorter days much better than through this cliff-edge approach.