Time change

Changing to daylight saving time

Publié le 03 mars 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Daylight Saving Time (DST) will take place on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 2 a.m. We'll have to add 60 minutes to the standard time. It will then be 3 o'clock.

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The time change was introduced in France following the oil price shock of 1973-74. Since 1998, time change dates have been harmonized within the European Union. In all Member States, winter time is the last Sunday in October and summer time is the last Sunday in March.

Reminder

In March 2019, MEPs voted in favor of a draft directive abolishing the seasonal time change. The Directive was due to be adopted by the Council at the end of 2020 and then transposed by the Member States. However, due to the COVID-19 health crisis, this text on ending the time change is no longer on the agenda and should not be discussed in the near future. The change of summer and winter time 2025 is preserved.

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