The change to daylight saving time means that winter is officially over. It also means that you’ll be adding an hour to your clock and an hour less to your time in bed.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, at 1 a.m. from March 30 to 31, the clocks should be moved forward 60 minutes, making it 2 a.m.
What to do in spring?
From this date, you’ll sleep one hour less, but from now on the days will also be longer, which is very beneficial for your well-being.
We remember, for example, how nice it will be to take advantage of these days to relax a little longer in the street or on a terrace.
Remember that this change is also taking place in the Azores, but one hour earlier, i.e. at 00:00 the clocks must be put forward to 01:00.
Daylight saving time also means you’ll have more sun in the afternoon, so you can enjoy everything this city has to offer.
Don’t forget other equipment
Nowadays, most watches already update their time automatically, as do the cell phones we charge every day. The same goes for our computers, both home and portable.
However, there are devices in the house that require your manual intervention, such as the alarm clock on the bedside table, the wall clocks in the kitchen or even the dials on the microwave.
The same goes for the car clock, which we usually forget.
This news is always bittersweet because you’re going to lose an hour’s sleep, but remember what you can do for free while it’s still daylight in Lisbon.
The history of the time change
The time change began during World War I to maximize daylight hours in order to reduce natural resources such as coal and other fuels.
The main objective of the summer and winter timetables is to save energy, and even today there is debate as to whether it is reasonable to maintain these two annual time changes, since today these energy savings are considered to be very residual.
We remind you that the next change will be to the winter timetable, and will take place again on October 26.