Hungary to switch to winter time on Sunday

Winter time will begin in Hungary on Sunday, October 28, when clocks at 3 am are set back an hour.

Power transmission system operator Mavir estimates that switching to summer time saves enough electricity to meet demand for a medium-sized town.

Last year, 80 GWh energy was saved thanks to changing the clocks, Mavir figures show.

Hungary adopted the light- and energy-saving measure back in 1980. Under a 1996 government decree, summer time begins on the last Sunday of March and ends on the last Sunday of October.

A survey showed that four out of five Hungarians would cancel DST. In addition, one out of five doesn’t even know if they have to shift forward or backwards in the autumn. Clearly, half of the respondents mentioned that the main problem is the turnover of their biological balance.

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Source: MTI