'Winter time' officially begins this weekend in Europe and the UK.
The time change will mean darker evenings, and road users are advised to be extra careful as the nights approach. Under European Union law, clocks in all member states go back one hour on the last Sunday in October and forward one hour on the last Sunday in March.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday morning. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, clocks will go back one hour in advance of the start of 'winter time'.
Most smartphones, tablets and computers will update automatically, but clocks should be set back one hour to 1 a.m. at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
Those who work will have to work an hour more. But those who come to work can sleep an hour more. None of this will be included in the salary, you hear. There will be a 5.30 hour difference with Indian time.
Winter and summer
(Winter time and summer time )
Every winter, the clocks go back one hour. In the spring, they go forward one hour. In the EU, the clocks change at the same time.
Ireland has the same time as the UK and Portugal, which is one hour behind Central European Time, which is used in most countries in the European Union.
When do the clocks go forward?
Clocks go forward one hour at 1 a.m. on the last Sunday in March. That is, at 1 a.m. the time on the clock changes to 2 a.m.
- Clocks go forward on 29 March , 2026
When do the clocks go back?
Clocks go back one hour at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. That is, the time on the clock at 2 a.m. is changed to 1 a.m.
- Clocks go back on 26 October, 2025
Will this end soon?
On March 26, 2019, the European Parliament voted in favor of permanently eliminating daylight saving time from 2021. Much of this decision was based on an EU-wide survey, which indicated that the majority of respondents preferred to avoid the process. .
This result may be somewhat skewed, as 70% of all responses came from Germany, France and Austria. However, the vote and survey are not final and need to be negotiated with EU member states before they become EU law.
The final clock change was supposed to take place in spring 2021; however, this proposal was pushed back as the world grapples with COVID-19.
Will the clocks change elsewhere?
Under European Union law, clocks in all member states go back one hour on the last Sunday in October and forward one hour on the last Sunday in March.
In the United States and Canada, DST begins at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, while in Australia, clocks go back on the first Sunday in April and the first Sunday in October.
Countries like China, Japan, and India do not follow DST.
Why change?
As the Earth orbits the Sun and changes its exposure, clocks change to make the most of natural light.
In winter, when it's naturally dark, the clocks go back an hour, meaning an extra hour of snuggling up in bed. However, in summer, the 'great stretch of evenings' are enjoyed, as clocks going forward an hour make for longer evenings.
The impact of the change varies, with countries that experience more hours of darkness away from the equator benefiting more from the system.
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