Daylight saving time to start at 12AM Friday: Government – Roya News English

Daylight saving time to start at 12AM Friday: Government – Roya News English

The government announced Thursday that daylight saving time begins in the Kingdom at midnight, by advancing the clock by 60 minutes at 12AM Friday, Feb. 25.

Monday, MP Muhammad Aqeel Al-Shatnawi adopted a parliamentary memorandum addressed to the Speaker of the Council, Lawyer Abdel Karim Al-Dughmi, calling on the government to postpone daylight saving time.

The memorandum stated, “We request your Excellency to address the Prime Minister to reconsider the decision to submit working in daylight saving time on Feb. 25, 2022 and keep it on its usual schedule at the end of March of each year,” the memorandum explains the reason being as it would not be suitable for all segments of society and would be difficult to apply, whether in terms of working hours for employees or in terms of saving energy in all its uses.