The last Sunday of March also marked the change of clock by 60 minutes.

This means one hour less sleep in the morning and one hour more activity during the day.

This change has been made to enable all people to enjoy the day and sunshine more. The practice of changing the clocks was first introduced in World War I and was brought back into practice during the oil crisis of the 1970s, aiming to save energy by making use of daylight in the summer. Time change in Europe was established as law in 1981 and is renewed every four years.

In March 2019, the European Parliament voted with 410 votes to end this practice, but it seems that the tradition did not change this year either.