Rada passes bill to cancel daylight saving time
Kyiv • UNN
The Verkhovna Rada has supported a bill to cancel daylight saving time. This year, at the end of October, Ukrainians will switch to winter time for the last time, and there will be no more daylight saving time from 2025 onwards.
On Tuesday, July 16, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Bill No. 4201 on the abolition of daylight saving time in Ukraine. This was reported by UNN with reference to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
Details
The Parliament adopted #4201 on the abolition of daylight saving time in Ukraine. In favor in total - 261
Zheleznyak explained that in this way this year, Ukrainians will switch to winter time on the last Sunday (October 27) and then there will be no more daylight saving time from 2025 onwards.
Addendum
Earlier, this document was supported by the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Economic Development . It is noted that the draft law is aimed at protecting public health, since, according to most scientists and doctors, the specified procedure for calculating time in terms of the annual setting of clocks one hour forward and one hour backward has a number of negative consequences, causing a significant deterioration in the health of citizens during the period of adaptation to summer and winter time.
In addition, the committee states that the draft law is intended to protect the territorial integrity and strengthen the national security of Ukraine by establishing and enshrining a single Kyiv time throughout the entire territory of Ukraine without exception.
