Some 70 countries, mostly in the Americas and Europe, apply Daylight Savings Time during the summer months
SOMETIMES THE decision to change a country’s time zone can be political. Despite its vastness, all of China runs on Beijing time—a decision taken by Mao Zedong in 1949 to instil unity. For almost three years, until 2018,existed in its very own time zone, half an hour behind its southern neighbour, in keeping with its hermit tendencies. But more often countries fiddle with the time of day for practical reasons. . Most American clocks will fall back once again this weekend.
Is Daylight Savings Time here to stay? There is no sign that the EU will abolish it soon. In America, a bipartisan group of senators has put forward a bill, the “Sunshine Protection Act of 2021”, which would stick with summer time all year round, but it has gained little momentum.
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