Clocks Fall Back: 2024-2025 Daylight Saving Time Switch Dates & Global Debate
Daylight Saving Time – also known as summer time – is the period when clocks are set one hour ahead of standard time to extend evening daylight. The switch back to standard “winter” time typically occurs in the autumn. Here is an overview of when various countries and regions will turn clocks back during the 2024/2025 cycle: Who & When: Nearly all European countries that observe DST change their clocks on the last Sunday of October each year. In 2024, that fell on October 27, and in 2025 it will be October 26 timeanddate.com timeanddate.com. At 01:00 UTC on those dates, clocks in Europe are set back by one hour to revert from summer time to standard time timeanddate.com. This simultaneous Europe-wide change occurs at 2 a.m. local time in most of Western Europe due to the coordinated 01:00 UTC timing en.wikipedia.org.