European Commission publishes daylight-saving schedule through 2031
Dates set under current EU rules; clocks could stop changing earlier if new legislation is adopted.
The European Commission (EC) has published official dates for the start and end of daylight-saving time up to 2031, following the European Union's current rules that set the switch to occur in the last week of March and to end in the last week of October.
Schedule based on existing rules, not a permanent decision
The published calendar reflects the legal framework now in force across the EU and therefore only projects the regular twice-yearly clock changes through 2031. That does not mean the practice will definitely remain in place until then: should the EU adopt new regulations, the biannual clock change could be ended earlier.
As an example, this year winter time will begin on 25 October, while summer time in 2027 will start on 28 March and end on 31 October.
The question of whether to keep changing clocks has been debated in the EU for years. The European Parliament in 2019 adopted a draft law to abolish the twice-yearly clock change in 2021, but implementation was postponed because member states could not agree on which time — permanent summer or permanent winter — should be retained.
For now the Commission's calendar gives citizens, businesses and transport operators a clear timetable to plan around; any future amendment would be announced formally by EU institutions and national authorities.
Photo: press material from the event
