Lebanon was thrown into mass confusion on March 26 after its government at the last minute delayed the start of daylight saving time by a month.
- Later, the caretaker premier said the cabinet had voted to move clocks one hour, reversing his decision to postpone the move to daylight savings time by a month that had sparked uproar across the country.
Key points
- Lebanon usually sets its clocks forward an hour on the last Sunday in March.
- Daylight saving time (DST) is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from the standard time during the summer and back again in the autumn.
- This is done to make better use of natural daylight.
- India does not follow daylight saving time as countries near the Equator do not experience high variations in daytime hours between seasons.
- Today, many argue that with most appliances consuming energy running at all hours of the day, DST has lost relevance. Some studies have also shown that disruption of the body clock due to the DST has adverse health effects.
