Clocks go forward as summer time begins on Sunday 30 March

Winter time ends and clocks are changed to summer time on the night between Saturday and Sunday. Clocks will be changed forward by one hour this Sunday, 30 March 2025, at 3.00 in the morning.

Clocks are changed in all EU Member States at the same time on the same date. Adjusting the clocks at the same time is important for international rail and air traffic, for example. Clocks are always changed on the last Sunday of March and October. Early Sunday morning was chosen as the time causing the least inconvenience because the volume of traffic is at its lowest then.

Finland has observed Daylight Saving Time without interruption since 1981. Switching to sum-mer time and back to winter time is a unified practice within the European Union.

Processing of proposal to end seasonal time changes stalls in EU

In 2018, the European Commission proposed that the biannual clock changes be abandoned across the EU. However, the initial target schedule for the Commission’s proposal has not been met.

In spring 2019, the European Parliament voted in favour of ending seasonal time changes and proposed that clocks be changed for the last time in 2021. The proposal is still awaiting consid-eration by the Council of the EU, because the issue is to be decided jointly by the Council and the Parliament. For now, the matter is not under discussion in the Council, because some Member States are still undecided on their permanent time and thus lack an opinion on whether to end seasonal time changes.

Inquiries:

Sara Vänttinen, Senior Adviser, tel. +358 29 534 2177, sara.vanttinen@gov.fi