Proposal on Seasonal Clock Changes

On Sunday, 31 March 2024, 02.am clocks are turned forward 1 hour to 03.am 

The European Commission tabled the draft directive on seasonal clock changes on 12 September 2018. The main elements of the proposal are:

• an end to biannual clock changes in all EU countries
• a notification system to be used by an EU country if it wishes to change its standard time

If adopted, the directive would end the biannual clock changes in the EU, often referred to as daylight saving time.

However no final decision has been taken on this matter and no timeline for such decision has been defined. The current system with one-hour clock changes, which extend daylight hours in summer, remains in place.

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