Remember to set the clock Tysvær Bydgeblad

Tidsminister Monica Mæland has decided that it is optional what the extra hour the night of Saturday to Sunday is to be used.
Sunday, 30. October 2016, set back the clock back one hour, from the clock to 03.00 to 02.00.

” We politicians should not decide how people should spend their time. Although I get enough to sleep a little extra, but the options are many this Sunday. For example, you can think about what the government can do for you, alternatively what you can do for the government. You can also enjoy yourself with nattorientering, read a good book or book a weekend trip to the wonderful Bergen. No matter what you choose, I am convinced that it is a good choice, ” says Norwegian trade and industry minister Monica Mæland (H).
As a responsible minister for weights and measures, Norwegian trade and industry minister Monica Mæland (H) full control on the exact time. The clock is powered from the Justervesenets atomic clock, which has an uncertainty of about ± 0,1 microsecond.
– In the years get all the also a little longer the new year. The international agency that monitors the earth’s rotation (IERS), has in fact determined that in 2016 to be added to one seco nd – a so-called skuddsekund – to the world’s official time scale UTC, says Mæland.

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Second should be added to the transition between 2016 and 2017. On some watches appear skuddsekundet 23:59:60 (UTC) one second before it ticks further into 2017. Thus, one additional stjerneskuddsekund. In Norway will skuddsekundet get an hour into the new year, at 00:59:60 (UTC + 1).
the Need for skuddsekund comes from the fact that the earth rotates irregularly, while around 400 atomurene which determines the UTC goes smoothly. The last few years have a day in average been about a thousandth of a second longer than exactly 24 hours. The scheme with skuddsekund started in 1972 and the last was added to night 1. July in 2015.
In Norway, we have had daylight saving time every year since 1980.
Did you know that the Norwegian standard time is one hour ahead of the so-called UTC-time? UTC stands for “Coordinated Universal Time”, which is a common, legal, time that applies all over the world. English daylight saving time is two hours ahead of UTC tim e. Daylight saving time applies normally at 02.00.00 last Sunday in march to the kl 03.00.00 last Sunday in October.
the Timing of the switch between standard time and daylight time are common for the countries in the european economic area and has been adopted by the EUROPEAN commission in accordance with a directive on daylight saving time.
Which way to set the clock? A good rule of thumb is that the clock should always be set at the nearest summer. Thus, an hour forward in spring (to summer) and an hour back in the fall (for summer).

the press release is made by the Ministry of industry and ministry of fisheries