When does daylight saving time change in 2021? Here is Sunday that gives us an extra hour of sleep

In the night between Saturday 30 e Sunday 31 October 2021 the usual passage will take place from summer time to winter time. This means that at 3:00 at night all clocks will have to reverse and synchronize about 2:00, giving us an additional hour of sleep. In general, the arrival of solar time will bring shorter afternoons (darkness will fall sooner), but also brighter mornings, due to the hour of light gained at the start of the day.

Changing the time: when and how to fix the clocks

Let’s repeat it for the more distracted: the solar time will start between Saturday and Sunday, at 3:00 o’clock. This obviously does not imply the need for wake up in the middle of the night to put their hands on all the clocks in the house. As for the classic wristwatches, wall clocks and the dear old analog alarm clocks, just write down a reminder and remember to move the hands in advance already Saturday night, before going to sleep. Alternatively, especially if there are no appointments in sight, you can comfortably postpone operations to Sunday morningonce you get out of bed.

As we have now learned, the problem does not exist for electron devices such as smartphones, smartwatches, PCs and tablets, for which the update will take place automatically without having to lift a finger. To be clear, those who have the habit of pointing the alarm on their mobile phone will have nothing to fear: the alarm will go off at the right time, already set on solar time. A pinch of extra attention should instead be reserved for those digital devices that they are unable to self-regulate: this is the case, for example, of the clock on the oven, microwave or other household appliances which normally require external intervention. Unless you don’t living in a smart home where each object is connected to the network.

How long does the solar hour last?

The solar time will accompany us until the last weekend of March 2022. Between Saturday 26 e Sunday 27, at 2:00 the hands of the clock will jump forward by sixty minutes and therefore daylight saving time will come back into effect. The abolition of the time change, discussed for some time at European level, does not seem destined to find space in Italy, which has decided to keep things as they are.