When do european clocks change

The clocks will go back an hour at 2am on Sunday, October Every year, the clocks change on the last weekend in March and October. They went forward an hour on March 28 and will go forward again in March next year. Why are seasonal time changes still happening after the vote to scrap them? Daily Digest Newsletter Get ahead of the day with the morning headlines at 7. Read More 10 reasons to be glad the clocks are going back When do the clocks go back in Ireland in October and why do they change?

Read More When do the clocks go back in Ireland in October and why do they change? Ronaldo makes young fan's day at the Aviva. Members of down Syndrome community intimidate All Blacks with their own haka. Latest Irish News Nine people an hour are added to hospital waiting lists due to growing pressure, consultants say Would you be in favour of introducing congestion charges in Belfast city centre? In , the EU's forerunner began to coordinate divergent clock changes.

Since , EU states have been obliged to switch to summer time on the last Sunday in March and back to standard time, or winter time, on the last Sunday in October. In , European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pledged to do away with the bloc's seasonal time changes in Member states could choose to keep summer or winter time. His cited an online EU survey in which 84 percent of respondents voted to end clock changes.

However, only 4. The EU Parliament voted to end daylight saving as of , but until that really happens, here are some interesting German words dedicated to time.

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Clocks are set ahead 1 hour to 3 am. DST starts at 3 am local time.