There are things that don't change. Like the change of time. It doesn't matter that the seasons are distorted by climate change and that we're on the time of Nazi Germany because Franco had to align himself with the prevailing fascism. Let's see who's brave enough to change it. And even less so now that fascism is trending again and there's so much nostalgia for the eagle that if you're very distracted by the world and see all those people with expired flags, you might think they're an environmental group defending an endangered animal. Of course, in Spain, the eagle on the Francoist coat of arms has never fallen into disuse. And if you confuse an environmental group with a fascist one, it means you're more lost in aesthetics than Lamine Yamal's hairstyle. But we were talking about the time. About change. About things that don't change. Like the collateral damage of a war. As if the main damage, which also doesn't change, wasn't enough. Bombs that destroy. Bombs that kill. Bombs to make more bombs. Bombs to send more bombs. Although it's logical that if your goal is to cause harm and the only human life that matters to you is your own, the more harm you do, the better. The extent of harm for an evil person is infinite. The more people suffer to survive, the better. And with this bunch of psychopaths who are constantly measuring their trumpets to see who has the longest, suffering seems assured. For everyone. Because there are things that don't change. Like resolving conflicts by creating new and worse ones. It also doesn't change that you are rewarded for peace after generating a war. Perhaps the newest thing is that since you're not rewarded by those you expected, you're rewarded by some who believe that football promotes peace. I won't be the one to question that. Because anyone can face a hooligan, a synonym for pacifist. I'm just saying that good taste certainly isn't promoted. And since so many people follow them, they could at least have houses that didn't look like a funeral home. Inside and out.

Early Sunday morning, summer time will return. At 2:00 a.m., clocks will have to be moved forward one hour to 3:00 a.m., a change that means losing an hour of sleep but lengthening the evenings with more sunlight.

A few days before entering winter time, the Spanish government has proposed this Monday to the European Union end the time change, arguing that it doesn't represent a significant energy saving and has harmful effects on people's health. At ARA, we spoke with Ana Adan, professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology at the University of Barcelona (UB) and an expert in chronobiology.

Every year we change the clocks twice: in the spring we move them forward and in the fall we move them back. In theory, the goal is to align economic activity with daylight hours and thus save energy. However, in practice, many sectors question this change, arguing that the savings would be nonexistent or negligible, and that, on the contrary, periodically modifying our biological clocks could pose health risks.

Today is that day of the year when the clock robs us of an hour of sleep: at 2 AM we will jump straight to 3 AM to welcome daylight saving time. The time change is made just one week after the official start of spring in order to make better use of daylight hours and save energy. It is, however, a practice under debate that could be on its way out. In fact, the decision on whether to abolish it or not should have been taken in 2021 but, of course, the pandemic has altered everything. For the moment, the experts have not agreed on the matter.