Medvedev signed a law abolishing the transition to "winter time"

The draft law "On the Calculation of time" passed by the Parliament on May 20 and approved by the Federation Council on May 25. Russians on the night of March 27 last moved the clock forward one hour and switched to "summer time", which was introduced in the USSR in 1981. Now Daylight shooter canceled. According to the signed presidential decree, Russia refuses to go to the "winter", that is for the full year remains on the "summer". Now this decision is fixed by law – the law cancels the decision of the Council of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet on October 23, 1991 "On Improving the calculation of time on the territory of the RSFSR," which defines how the introduction of seasonal time. The law, signed by the President on June 3, describes the procedure for the formation of time zones, taking into account the administrative boundaries of regions. Authority to determine the composition of the regions included in each time zone, and the procedure for calculating the time they are set by the Russian government, which decides on the basis of a joint proposal by the legislature and the governor of a region of Russia. The Act establishes the right of citizens and legal entities to obtain reliable data about the date and time. For the work of modern technology, information systems, data on the exact time of fundamental importance. For example, for the GLONASS satellite system is needed to within a few milliseconds. The document specifies that the information on the exact time is publicly available (except during wartime mobilization), as well as formal characteristics of time signal. By law, the Public service in time, frequency and determine the parameters of the Earth's rotation (GSVCh RF) disseminates information about the exact Moscow time and calendar date, as well as the reference time signal using a global navigation satellite system GLONASS, satellite communication systems, radio communications, radio and television. The document states that Russia lives in the Gregorian calendar, which is based on a cyclic circulation of the Earth around the Sun, in which the duration of one revolution around the Sun is 365.2425 days. Indicated that the Gregorian chronology of 400 years accounted for 97 leap years. In addition, the law fixed the definitions of "calendar week", "calendar month" and so on. Accordingly, in terms of legal practice, the wording used in documents that "the contract must be executed within a calendar month, will mean a time interval lasting from 28 to 31 calendar days. In what lawmakers intend to introduce administrative, and in some cases, possibly criminal holes etstvennost for inaccurately transmitted time. The law will come into force 60 days after its official publication.