Europe ends daylight saving time, reverts to standard time
Most European countries set clocks back one hour early Sunday, marking the end of daylight saving time and a return to standard time until March 28.
On Sunday, most European nations turned their clocks back one hour, signaling the conclusion of daylight saving time and the return to standard time until March 28. The change occurred at 3 a.m. local time across most of Europe. Germany and other Central European countries resumed the use of Central European Time, which is one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. This replaces Central European Summer Time, which is two hours ahead of GMT.
Germany first reintroduced the time change in 1980 with the aim of conserving energy and optimizing the use of daylight. The German National Metrology Institute in Braunschweig, located in northern Germany, is tasked with automatically adjusting clocks. This institute sends signals to radio-controlled clocks, station clocks, and numerous industrial clocks through a long-wave transmitter called DCF77. This transmitter is situated in Mainflingen, near Frankfurt.
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