Time

Earth News

Melting ice caps are making days longer, Swiss study finds

Researchers say emissions from human activity are having a greater impact on our planet than we might realise.

16/07/2024

Earth News

Global warming is messing with the way we measure time

Clocks may have to skip a second - called a "negative leap second" - around 2029.

28/03/2024

Lifestyle

Is Audemars Piguet's 'Ultimate Complication' watch worth €2 million?

Can you put a price on having the luxury of time? If yes is the answer then you can probably proudly wear Audemars Piguet's latest 'Ultimate Complication' in a way that's much more simple than its name suggests.

15/02/2023

Earth News

Does Daylight Savings Time reduce energy consumption?

Clock changes were originally introduced to save energy, but the results have been inconclusive ever since. Now some countries are looking to get rid of them entirely.

07/02/2023

Europe Decoded

When will the EU end seasonal clock changes? Only time will tell.

Time in Europe is political and ending the twice-yearly practice will require a lot of political decisions.

28/10/2022

Moments

Fed up of wrapping? Gift your loved ones an experience this Christmas

Don’t bother with presents this year, spend some quality time together and gift someone an experience instead.

12/12/2021

Nature

Scientists have just discovered that plants can tell the time

Did you know that plants, like humans, have an ‘internal clock’?

02/06/2021

Norway

Norwegian island wants to be world's first time-free zone

Residents argue that as the sun doesn't rise in the winter and doesn't set in the summer, they should be able to "do what we want, when we want" during the night-less months.

19/06/2019

World News

Time magazine honours persecuted journalists as 'Person of the Year' in 2018

TIME honours journalists as their People of the Year. Maria Ressa from Rappler, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo of Reuters, the late Jamal Khashoggi of the Washington Post and the staff at the Capital Gazette. The journalists have faced imprisonment, harassment and death in their mission to tell the truth.

11/12/2018

Belgium

EC to propose end to daylight savings time

President of the EC, Jean-Claude Juncker highlighted the results of an EU survey where 80% of the 4.6 million participants wanted summer and winter time changes to be abolished.

31/08/2018

Russia

All change: Russia's odd train time custom finally hits the buffers

Europe’s intrepid train travellers were handed a boost after Russia announced it was calling time on a confusing custom at its stations.

26/07/2018

World News

No change likely to EU clock change rules despite strong opposition

Do you enjoy long summer evenings? Or does the twice-yearly hour change disrupt your body-clock? See the EU’s response to calls for Europe-wide rules to change.

22/03/2018