Until 2011, the entire country moved the hands of its clocks twice a day. In autumn, a transition to winter time was carried out, which allowed saving a significant amount of electricity. Not so long ago, it was decided to abolish the winter time.
Some people try to wake up at dawn so they can get more done during daylight hours. This is how the idea of dividing time into summer and winter came about, which spread all over the world. Its creator, Sandford Fleming, in 1883 proposed dividing the planet into time zones, within each of which the time is taken to be the same, but the hands are translated twice a year. In pre-revolutionary Russia, this idea was treated with caution, because they were afraid of new changes. As a result, the transition to the division of the belts and the shift one hour forward was carried out on July 1, 1917. This was done in order to simplify relations with the countries of the rest of the world, since there the idea of time sharing has gained great popularity over thirty years. The return to the old time, which began to be called winter (maternity), occurred only thirteen years later. Daytime was one hour ahead of natural time, and this continued until 1981, when it was decided to return to seasonal time. Finally, the transitions from summer to winter time and vice versa were fixed in 1997. Winter time was in effect on the territory of the Russian Federation from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in March. In autumn, the hands were shifted back an hour, and in spring - vice versa. On the night of October 30 to 31, 2010, the transition from summer time to winter time was carried out for the last time. The new legislative act "On the Calculation of Time", which was adopted in 2011, cancels the fall and spring translations of the clock hands. Initially, it was known that some regions would not have to switch to daylight saving time in order to reduce the difference with the capital of Russia, but the transition did take place. As a result, now the whole country lives and works according to the time, which is two hours ahead of the natural time zone.
