Europe sets clocks back as DST ends on Sunday, October 27, 2013
Daylight saving time (DST) in most of Europe will end at 01:00 UTC on Sunday, October 27, 2013. Most European countries are on "summer time" from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October every year.
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Daylight saving time in Europe
US and Canada end DST on Sunday, November 3, 2013
Where is DST used in Europe?
Clocks will be turned back by 1 hour on October 27 in:
- all countries in the European Union (EU) - including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy
- most other European countries - including Norwayand Switzerland
The following countries do not observe DST, so no time change will happen there:
List of countries observing DST worldwide
Local times for the DST switch
Daylight saving time starts and ends simulatenously in all participating countries (01:00 UTC). However, as the European continent spans 5 time zones, local times for the upcoming switch vary:
Time zone | Local time of DST switch | Notes |
---|---|---|
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), observed in countries including the United Kingdom and Ireland; UTC offset: | DST ends at 2:00 a.m. (02:00) local time, when clocks move back 1 hour to 1:00 a.m. (01:00). | Iceland does not observe DST. The United Kingdom and Ireland do not observe GMT during daylight saving time. |
Central Europe Time (CET), observed in countries including France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Hungary, and Spain. UTC offset: | DST ends at 3:00 a.m. (03:00) local time, when clocks move back 1 hour to 2:00 a.m. (02:00). | |
Eastern European Time (EET), observed in countries including Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine. UTC offset: | DST ends at 4:00 a.m. (04:00) local time, when clocks move back 1 hour to 3:00 a.m. (03:00). | |
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), observed year-round in Kaliningrad (Russia) and Belarus. UTC offset: | No DST switch | |
Most of the western parts of Russia are in the Moscow time zone, Moscow Standard Time (MSK). UTC offset: | No DST switch |
More details about Europe’s time zones and DST schedule, as well as a brief history of DST in Europe can be found on our website.