This weekend we change our clocks again to summer time. For thousands of years humankind has been struggling with time, the corresponding seasons, the turns of our planet, our relationship with the moon and circling the sun. These struggles can be related to our attempts to understand and plan the seasonal changes in order to develop food productions. These two articles from the BBC provide a unique bit of insight as to the creativity applied and adjustment introduced in order to get where we stand today. And even nowadays, with all the technologies and science available, we still remember the millennium shift struggles with computer networks and services.

How Julius Caesar made the longest year in history https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240227-how-julius-caesar-made-the-longest-year-in-history-and-brought-us-leap-years

The ancient Roman alternative to daylight saving time https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240328-the-ancient-roman-alternative-to-daylight-savings-time