EU Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current time in each European time zone and DST rules

2025 clock change dates and previous years' timetables

UK & EU Daylight Saving Time

UK & EU clocks are currently on Daylight Saving Time.

DST ends in 6 days on Sunday, 25 October 2026.

Compare with GMT

Current time in European Time Zones

GMT+1

17:13

Mon, 19 Oct GMT+1 (DST)

GMT+2

18:13

Mon, 19 Oct GMT+2 (DST)

GMT+3

19:13

Mon, 19 Oct GMT+3 (DST)

EU Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) rules, currently observed

Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Time: 1.00 am (01:00) UTC/ GMT - clocks change, go forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn (fall)
NB: UK is no longer an EU member and has not yet announced any changes in its Daylight Saving Time timetable. In the United Kingdom DST is called British Summer Time (BST)

Most European countries currently follow EU directives for time-keeping

Europe - Standard Time Zones

There are three different time zones

Western Europe Time (Standard Time = GMT+0)

EU members: Ireland and Portugal

non-EU: UK

Central Europe Time (Standard Time = GMT+1)

EU members: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden

Non-EU: Norway, Switzerland

Eastern Europe Time (Standard Time = GMT+2)

EU members: Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania

Non-EU: Moldova, Ukraine

EU clock change dates 2013-2024

Year	DST start	DST end
2025	March 30	October 26
2024	March 31	October 27
2023	March 26	October 29
2022	March 27	October 30
2021	March 28	October 31
2020	March 29	October 25
2019	March 31	October 27
2018	March 25	October 28
2017	March 26	October 29
2016	March 27	October 30
2015	March 29	October 25
2014	March 30	October 26
2013	March 31	October 27