The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent, passing the measure 308 votes to 117.
In Europe, the twice-yearly ritual carries on as usual. Clocks still spring forward an hour on the last Sunday in March, and fall back an hour on the last Sunday in October. The European Union looked at scrapping the practice altogether some seven years ago, but the final decision remains “frozen,” and countries just keep flipping the switch twice a year, on and on. There are exceptions, though. Iceland is the standout: it doesn’t bother with any of it, and just sticks to the same time, year-round.
It’s about time someone made the call and put an end to this clock-changing farce. And when they do, we should go with summer time, the very thing the overwhelming majority of people across southern and central Europe, Cyprus included, actually wanted in the first place.
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