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Time Change 1945 in Germany

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Oct 27, 2024, 3:00 am

Country: Germany
Long Name: Federal Republic of Germany
Abbreviations: DE, DEU
Capital: Berlin
Time Zones: 1
Dial Code: +49

Apr 2

Forward 1 hour

Apr 2, 1945 - Daylight Saving Time Started

When local standard time was about to reach
Monday, April 2, 1945, 2:00:00 am clocks were turned forward 1 hour to
Monday, April 2, 1945, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on Apr 2, 1945 than the day before. There was more light in the evening and less light in the morning.

Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.

May 24

Forward 1 hour

May 24, 1945 - Daylight Saving Time Increased

Double DST – Clocks were turned ahead another hour when DST was already in force (2 hours ahead of standard time).
When local daylight time was about to reach
Thursday, May 24, 1945, 2:00:00 am clocks were turned forward 1 hour to
Thursday, May 24, 1945, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on May 24, 1945 than the day before. There was more light in the evening and less light in the morning.

Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.

Sep 24

Back 1 hour

Sep 24, 1945 - Daylight Saving Time Decreased

Double DST ended – Clocks were turned back from double DST (2 hours ahead of standard time) to DST (1 hour ahead of standard time).
When local daylight time was about to reach
Monday, September 24, 1945, 3:00:00 am clocks were turned backward 1 hour to
Monday, September 24, 1945, 2:00:00 am local daylight time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour earlier on Sep 24, 1945 than the day before. There was more light in the morning and less light in the evening.

Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.

Nov 18

Back 1 hour

Nov 18, 1945 - Daylight Saving Time Ended

When local daylight time was about to reach
Sunday, November 18, 1945, 3:00:00 am clocks were turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, November 18, 1945, 2:00:00 am local standard time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour earlier on Nov 18, 1945 than the day before. There was more light in the morning and less light in the evening.

Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.

Other years: 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 2024

When Does DST Start and End in Germany?

All of Germany uses Daylight Saving Time (DST) during part of the year. The DST period starts on the last Sunday of March and ends on the last Sunday of October, together with most other European countries.

Central European Time (CET) is used as standard time, while Central European Summer Time (CEST) is observed when DST is in force.

Which States use Daylight Saving Time in 1945

Areas in Germany using DST in 1945
Areas in Germany on standard time all of 1945

DST in Locations in Germany in 1945 (576 Locations)

AachenApr 2 – Nov 18GörlitzApr 2 – Nov 18NurembergApr 2 – Nov 18
AalenApr 2 – Nov 18GoslarApr 2 – Nov 18NürtingenApr 2 – Nov 18
AchernApr 2 – Nov 18GothaApr 2 – Nov 18OberhausenApr 2 – Nov 18
AchimApr 2 – Nov 18GöttingenApr 2 – Nov 18Oberursel (Taunus)Apr 2 – Nov 18
AhausApr 2 – Nov 18GräfelfingApr 2 – Nov 18OberweselApr 2 – Nov 18
AhlenApr 2 – Nov 18GreifswaldApr 2 – Nov 18OeldeApr 2 – Nov 18
AhrensburgApr 2 – Nov 18GrevenApr 2 – Nov 18Oer-ErkenschwickApr 2 – Nov 18
AlbstadtApr 2 – Nov 18GrevenbroichApr 2 – Nov 18OffenbachApr 2 – Nov 18
Alfeld (Leine)Apr 2 – Nov 18GrimmelfingenApr 2 – Nov 18OffenburgApr 2 – Nov 18
AllensbachApr 2 – Nov 18Gronau (Westfalen)Apr 2 – Nov 18ÖhringenApr 2 – Nov 18
AlsdorfApr 2 – Nov 18Gross-GerauApr 2 – Nov 18OldenburgApr 2 – Nov 18
AlsfeldApr 2 – Nov 18GummersbachApr 2 – Nov 18OlpeApr 2 – Nov 18
AltenburgApr 2 – Nov 18GüstrowApr 2 – Nov 18OranienburgApr 2 – Nov 18
AltöttingApr 2 – Nov 18GüterslohApr 2 – Nov 18OsnabrückApr 2 – Nov 18
AmbergApr 2 – Nov 18HaanApr 2 – Nov 18Osterholz-ScharmbeckApr 2 – Nov 18
AmrumApr 2 – Nov 18HagenApr 2 – Nov 18Osterode am HarzApr 2 – Nov 18
AndernachApr 2 – Nov 18HalberstadtApr 2 – Nov 18OstfildernApr 2 – Nov 18
Annaberg-BuchholzApr 2 – Nov 18HalleApr 2 – Nov 18PaderbornApr 2 – Nov 18
AnsbachApr 2 – Nov 18Haltern am SeeApr 2 – Nov 18PapenburgApr 2 – Nov 18
ApoldaApr 2 – Nov 18HamburgApr 2 – Nov 18PassauApr 2 – Nov 18
ArnsbergApr 2 – Nov 18HamelnApr 2 – Nov 18PeineApr 2 – Nov 18
ArnstadtApr 2 – Nov 18HammApr 2 – Nov 18PellwormApr 2 – Nov 18
AschaffenburgApr 2 – Nov 18HanauApr 2 – Nov 18Pfaffenhofen an der IlmApr 2 – Nov 18
AscherslebenApr 2 – Nov 18HannoverApr 2 – Nov 18PforzheimApr 2 – Nov 18
AugsburgApr 2 – Nov 18HattingenApr 2 – Nov 18PinnebergApr 2 – Nov 18
AurichApr 2 – Nov 18HeideApr 2 – Nov 18PirmasensApr 2 – Nov 18
BacknangApr 2 – Nov 18HeidelbergApr 2 – Nov 18PirnaApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad EmsApr 2 – Nov 18Heidenheim an der BrenzApr 2 – Nov 18PlauenApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad HersfeldApr 2 – Nov 18HeilbronnApr 2 – Nov 18PlettenbergApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad HomburgApr 2 – Nov 18HeinsbergApr 2 – Nov 18Porta WestfalicaApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad HonnefApr 2 – Nov 18HeligolandApr 2 – Nov 18PotsdamApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad HönningenApr 2 – Nov 18HelmstedtApr 2 – Nov 18PremnitzApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad KissingenApr 2 – Nov 18HemerApr 2 – Nov 18PrenzlauApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad KreuznachApr 2 – Nov 18Hennef (Sieg)Apr 2 – Nov 18Prien am ChiemseeApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad MergentheimApr 2 – Nov 18HerfordApr 2 – Nov 18PulheimApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad NauheimApr 2 – Nov 18HeringsdorfApr 2 – Nov 18RadebeulApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad Neuenahr-AhrweilerApr 2 – Nov 18HerneApr 2 – Nov 18Radolfzell am BodenseeApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad OeynhausenApr 2 – Nov 18HerrenbergApr 2 – Nov 18RastattApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad OldesloeApr 2 – Nov 18Herrsching am AmmerseeApr 2 – Nov 18RathenowApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad SalzuflenApr 2 – Nov 18HertenApr 2 – Nov 18RatingenApr 2 – Nov 18
Bad VilbelApr 2 – Nov 18HerzogenrathApr 2 – Nov 18RavensburgApr 2 – Nov 18
Baden-BadenApr 2 – Nov 18HildenApr 2 – Nov 18RecklinghausenApr 2 – Nov 18
BalingenApr 2 – Nov 18HildesheimApr 2 – Nov 18RegensburgApr 2 – Nov 18
BambergApr 2 – Nov 18HockenheimApr 2 – Nov 18RemscheidApr 2 – Nov 18
BarsinghausenApr 2 – Nov 18Hof (Saale)Apr 2 – Nov 18RendsburgApr 2 – Nov 18
BautzenApr 2 – Nov 18Hofheim am TaunusApr 2 – Nov 18ReutlingenApr 2 – Nov 18
BayreuthApr 2 – Nov 18Homberg (Efze)Apr 2 – Nov 18Rheda-WiedenbrückApr 2 – Nov 18
BayrischzellApr 2 – Nov 18Homburg (Saar)Apr 2 – Nov 18RheinbergApr 2 – Nov 18
BeckumApr 2 – Nov 18Horb am NeckarApr 2 – Nov 18RheineApr 2 – Nov 18
BensheimApr 2 – Nov 18HöxterApr 2 – Nov 18Rheinfelden (Baden)Apr 2 – Nov 18
BerchtesgadenApr 2 – Nov 18HoyerswerdaApr 2 – Nov 18RiesaApr 2 – Nov 18
BergheimApr 2 – Nov 18HückelhovenApr 2 – Nov 18RietbergApr 2 – Nov 18
Bergisch GladbachApr 2 – Nov 18HürthApr 2 – Nov 18RodgauApr 2 – Nov 18
BergkamenApr 2 – Nov 18HusumApr 2 – Nov 18RosenheimApr 2 – Nov 18
BerlinApr 2 – Nov 18IbbenbürenApr 2 – Nov 18RostockApr 2 – Nov 18
Bernau bei BerlinApr 2 – Nov 18Idar-ObersteinApr 2 – Nov 18Rotenburg (Wümme)Apr 2 – Nov 18
Bernburg (Saale)Apr 2 – Nov 18IllesheimApr 2 – Nov 18Rotenburg an der FuldaApr 2 – Nov 18
Bernkastel-KuesApr 2 – Nov 18IlmenauApr 2 – Nov 18Rothenburg ob der TauberApr 2 – Nov 18
Biberach an der RissApr 2 – Nov 18Ingelheim am RheinApr 2 – Nov 18Rottenburg am NeckarApr 2 – Nov 18
BielefeldApr 2 – Nov 18IngolstadtApr 2 – Nov 18RottweilApr 2 – Nov 18
Bietigheim-BissingenApr 2 – Nov 18IserlohnApr 2 – Nov 18RüsselsheimApr 2 – Nov 18
Bingen am RheinApr 2 – Nov 18IsmaningApr 2 – Nov 18Saalfeld/SaaleApr 2 – Nov 18
BitburgApr 2 – Nov 18ItzehoeApr 2 – Nov 18SaarbrückenApr 2 – Nov 18
Bitterfeld-WolfenApr 2 – Nov 18JenaApr 2 – Nov 18SaarlouisApr 2 – Nov 18
BöblingenApr 2 – Nov 18JülichApr 2 – Nov 18SalzgitterApr 2 – Nov 18
BocholtApr 2 – Nov 18KaarstApr 2 – Nov 18SalzwedelApr 2 – Nov 18
BochumApr 2 – Nov 18KaiserslauternApr 2 – Nov 18SangerhausenApr 2 – Nov 18
BonnApr 2 – Nov 18KamenApr 2 – Nov 18Sankt AugustinApr 2 – Nov 18
BorkenApr 2 – Nov 18Kamp-LintfortApr 2 – Nov 18Sankt IngbertApr 2 – Nov 18
Bornheim (Rheinland)Apr 2 – Nov 18KarlsruheApr 2 – Nov 18SchleswigApr 2 – Nov 18
BottropApr 2 – Nov 18KasselApr 2 – Nov 18Schloss Holte-StukenbrockApr 2 – Nov 18
BramscheApr 2 – Nov 18KaufbeurenApr 2 – Nov 18SchmallenbergApr 2 – Nov 18
Brandenburg an der HavelApr 2 – Nov 18KehlApr 2 – Nov 18Schönau am KönigsseeApr 2 – Nov 18
BraunschweigApr 2 – Nov 18KempenApr 2 – Nov 18SchönebeckApr 2 – Nov 18
BremenApr 2 – Nov 18KemptenApr 2 – Nov 18SchorndorfApr 2 – Nov 18
BremerhavenApr 2 – Nov 18KerpenApr 2 – Nov 18SchwabachApr 2 – Nov 18
BrettenApr 2 – Nov 18KielApr 2 – Nov 18Schwäbisch GmündApr 2 – Nov 18
BrilonApr 2 – Nov 18Kirchheim unter TeckApr 2 – Nov 18Schwäbisch HallApr 2 – Nov 18
BruchsalApr 2 – Nov 18KleveApr 2 – Nov 18Schwedt/OderApr 2 – Nov 18
Brühl (Rhineland)Apr 2 – Nov 18KoblenzApr 2 – Nov 18SchweinfurtApr 2 – Nov 18
Buchholz in der NordheideApr 2 – Nov 18Königs WusterhausenApr 2 – Nov 18SchwerinApr 2 – Nov 18
BuchloeApr 2 – Nov 18KönigswinterApr 2 – Nov 18SchwerteApr 2 – Nov 18
BüdingenApr 2 – Nov 18KonstanzApr 2 – Nov 18SeelzeApr 2 – Nov 18
BühlApr 2 – Nov 18KorbachApr 2 – Nov 18SeevetalApr 2 – Nov 18
BündeApr 2 – Nov 18KornwestheimApr 2 – Nov 18SenftenbergApr 2 – Nov 18
BurgApr 2 – Nov 18KorschenbroichApr 2 – Nov 18SiegburgApr 2 – Nov 18
BurgdorfApr 2 – Nov 18KrefeldApr 2 – Nov 18SiegenApr 2 – Nov 18
BurghausenApr 2 – Nov 18KreuztalApr 2 – Nov 18SindelfingenApr 2 – Nov 18
Büsingen am HochrheinNo DSTKulmbachApr 2 – Nov 18Singen (Hohentwiel)Apr 2 – Nov 18
BuxtehudeApr 2 – Nov 18LaatzenApr 2 – Nov 18SinsheimApr 2 – Nov 18
CalwApr 2 – Nov 18LageApr 2 – Nov 18SoestApr 2 – Nov 18
Castrop-RauxelApr 2 – Nov 18LahrApr 2 – Nov 18SolingenApr 2 – Nov 18
CelleApr 2 – Nov 18LampertheimApr 2 – Nov 18SoltauApr 2 – Nov 18
ChemnitzApr 2 – Nov 18Landau in der PfalzApr 2 – Nov 18SondershausenApr 2 – Nov 18
CloppenburgApr 2 – Nov 18Landsberg am LechApr 2 – Nov 18SonnebergApr 2 – Nov 18
CoburgApr 2 – Nov 18LandshutApr 2 – Nov 18SonthofenApr 2 – Nov 18
CoesfeldApr 2 – Nov 18LandstuhlApr 2 – Nov 18SpeyerApr 2 – Nov 18
CologneApr 2 – Nov 18LangenApr 2 – Nov 18SpringeApr 2 – Nov 18
CottbusApr 2 – Nov 18Langenfeld (Rheinland)Apr 2 – Nov 18St. WendelApr 2 – Nov 18
CrailsheimApr 2 – Nov 18LangenhagenApr 2 – Nov 18StadeApr 2 – Nov 18
CreußenApr 2 – Nov 18LangfurthApr 2 – Nov 18StarnbergApr 2 – Nov 18
CuxhavenApr 2 – Nov 18LeerApr 2 – Nov 18StassfurtApr 2 – Nov 18
DachauApr 2 – Nov 18LehrteApr 2 – Nov 18SteinfurtApr 2 – Nov 18
DannenbergApr 2 – Nov 18LeimenApr 2 – Nov 18StendalApr 2 – Nov 18
DarmstadtApr 2 – Nov 18Leinfelden-EchterdingenApr 2 – Nov 18Stolberg (Rheinland)Apr 2 – Nov 18
DattelnApr 2 – Nov 18LeipzigApr 2 – Nov 18Stollberg/ErzgebirgeApr 2 – Nov 18
DeggendorfApr 2 – Nov 18LemgoApr 2 – Nov 18StralsundApr 2 – Nov 18
DelbrückApr 2 – Nov 18LennestadtApr 2 – Nov 18StraubingApr 2 – Nov 18
DelmenhorstApr 2 – Nov 18LeonbergApr 2 – Nov 18StrausbergApr 2 – Nov 18
DemminApr 2 – Nov 18Leutkirch im AllgäuApr 2 – Nov 18StuhrApr 2 – Nov 18
Dessau-RosslauApr 2 – Nov 18LeverkusenApr 2 – Nov 18StuttgartApr 2 – Nov 18
DetmoldApr 2 – Nov 18Limburg an der LahnApr 2 – Nov 18SuhlApr 2 – Nov 18
DietzenbachApr 2 – Nov 18Lindau (Bodensee)Apr 2 – Nov 18Sundern (Sauerland)Apr 2 – Nov 18
DillenburgApr 2 – Nov 18LindlarApr 2 – Nov 18TaunussteinApr 2 – Nov 18
DingolfingApr 2 – Nov 18Lingen (Ems)Apr 2 – Nov 18TegernseeApr 2 – Nov 18
DinslakenApr 2 – Nov 18Linz am RheinApr 2 – Nov 18Titisee-NeustadtApr 2 – Nov 18
DormagenApr 2 – Nov 18LippstadtApr 2 – Nov 18TönisvorstApr 2 – Nov 18
DorstenApr 2 – Nov 18LöbauApr 2 – Nov 18TrierApr 2 – Nov 18
DortmundApr 2 – Nov 18LohmarApr 2 – Nov 18TroisdorfApr 2 – Nov 18
DreieichApr 2 – Nov 18LöhneApr 2 – Nov 18TübingenApr 2 – Nov 18
DresdenApr 2 – Nov 18Lohne (Oldenburg)Apr 2 – Nov 18TuttlingenApr 2 – Nov 18
DuisburgApr 2 – Nov 18LörrachApr 2 – Nov 18UelzenApr 2 – Nov 18
DülmenApr 2 – Nov 18LübbeckeApr 2 – Nov 18UlmApr 2 – Nov 18
DürenApr 2 – Nov 18LübeckApr 2 – Nov 18UnnaApr 2 – Nov 18
DüsseldorfApr 2 – Nov 18LuckenwaldeApr 2 – Nov 18Vaihingen an der EnzApr 2 – Nov 18
EbersbergApr 2 – Nov 18LüdenscheidApr 2 – Nov 18VarelApr 2 – Nov 18
EberswaldeApr 2 – Nov 18LudwigsburgApr 2 – Nov 18VechtaApr 2 – Nov 18
EckernfördeApr 2 – Nov 18LudwigsfeldeApr 2 – Nov 18VelbertApr 2 – Nov 18
Ehingen (Donau)Apr 2 – Nov 18LudwigshafenApr 2 – Nov 18Verden (Aller)Apr 2 – Nov 18
EinbeckApr 2 – Nov 18LüneburgApr 2 – Nov 18ViernheimApr 2 – Nov 18
EisenachApr 2 – Nov 18LünenApr 2 – Nov 18ViersenApr 2 – Nov 18
EisenhüttenstadtApr 2 – Nov 18Lutherstadt EislebenApr 2 – Nov 18Villingen-SchwenningenApr 2 – Nov 18
Ellwangen (Jagst)Apr 2 – Nov 18MagdeburgApr 2 – Nov 18Voerde (Niederrhein)Apr 2 – Nov 18
ElmshornApr 2 – Nov 18MainburgApr 2 – Nov 18VölklingenApr 2 – Nov 18
EmdenApr 2 – Nov 18MaintalApr 2 – Nov 18VredenApr 2 – Nov 18
EmmendingenApr 2 – Nov 18MainzApr 2 – Nov 18WaiblingenApr 2 – Nov 18
Emmerich am RheinApr 2 – Nov 18MannheimApr 2 – Nov 18WaldkraiburgApr 2 – Nov 18
EmsdettenApr 2 – Nov 18MarburgApr 2 – Nov 18Waldshut-TiengenApr 2 – Nov 18
EnnepetalApr 2 – Nov 18MarlApr 2 – Nov 18WalsrodeApr 2 – Nov 18
ErdingApr 2 – Nov 18MayenApr 2 – Nov 18WaltropApr 2 – Nov 18
ErftstadtApr 2 – Nov 18MechernichApr 2 – Nov 18WarburgApr 2 – Nov 18
ErfurtApr 2 – Nov 18MeerbuschApr 2 – Nov 18Waren (Müritz)Apr 2 – Nov 18
ErkelenzApr 2 – Nov 18MeiningenApr 2 – Nov 18WarendorfApr 2 – Nov 18
ErkrathApr 2 – Nov 18MeissenApr 2 – Nov 18WarsteinApr 2 – Nov 18
ErlangenApr 2 – Nov 18MelleApr 2 – Nov 18WedelApr 2 – Nov 18
EschweilerApr 2 – Nov 18MelsungenApr 2 – Nov 18WegbergApr 2 – Nov 18
EssenApr 2 – Nov 18MemmingenApr 2 – Nov 18Weiden in der OberpfalzApr 2 – Nov 18
EsslingenApr 2 – Nov 18Menden (Sauerland)Apr 2 – Nov 18Weil am RheinApr 2 – Nov 18
EttlingenApr 2 – Nov 18MeppenApr 2 – Nov 18Weil der StadtApr 2 – Nov 18
EuskirchenApr 2 – Nov 18MerseburgApr 2 – Nov 18Weilheim in OberbayernApr 2 – Nov 18
FalkenseeApr 2 – Nov 18MerzigApr 2 – Nov 18WeimarApr 2 – Nov 18
Fehmarn (Puttgarden)Apr 2 – Nov 18MeschedeApr 2 – Nov 18WeinheimApr 2 – Nov 18
FellbachApr 2 – Nov 18MettlachApr 2 – Nov 18WeißenfelsApr 2 – Nov 18
FilderstadtApr 2 – Nov 18MettmannApr 2 – Nov 18WerlApr 2 – Nov 18
FlensburgApr 2 – Nov 18MindenApr 2 – Nov 18WermelskirchenApr 2 – Nov 18
ForchheimApr 2 – Nov 18MoersApr 2 – Nov 18WerneApr 2 – Nov 18
Frankenthal (Pfalz)Apr 2 – Nov 18MönchengladbachApr 2 – Nov 18WernigerodeApr 2 – Nov 18
FrankfurtApr 2 – Nov 18Monheim am RheinApr 2 – Nov 18WertheimApr 2 – Nov 18
Frankfurt an der OderApr 2 – Nov 18Mörfelden-WalldorfApr 2 – Nov 18WeselApr 2 – Nov 18
FrechenApr 2 – Nov 18MosbachApr 2 – Nov 18WesselingApr 2 – Nov 18
FreibergApr 2 – Nov 18MühlackerApr 2 – Nov 18WesterlandApr 2 – Nov 18
FreiburgApr 2 – Nov 18Mühlhausen/ThüringenApr 2 – Nov 18WesterstedeApr 2 – Nov 18
FreisingApr 2 – Nov 18MülheimApr 2 – Nov 18Wetter (Ruhr)Apr 2 – Nov 18
FreitalApr 2 – Nov 18Mülheim / RuhrApr 2 – Nov 18WetzlarApr 2 – Nov 18
FreudenstadtApr 2 – Nov 18MunichApr 2 – Nov 18WeyheApr 2 – Nov 18
FriedrichshafenApr 2 – Nov 18MünsterApr 2 – Nov 18WiehlApr 2 – Nov 18
FriesoytheApr 2 – Nov 18NagoldApr 2 – Nov 18WiesbadenApr 2 – Nov 18
FuldaApr 2 – Nov 18Naumburg (Saale)Apr 2 – Nov 18WieslochApr 2 – Nov 18
FürstenfeldbruckApr 2 – Nov 18NettetalApr 2 – Nov 18WilhelmshavenApr 2 – Nov 18
Fürstenwalde/SpreeApr 2 – Nov 18Neu-IsenburgApr 2 – Nov 18WillichApr 2 – Nov 18
FürthApr 2 – Nov 18Neu-UlmApr 2 – Nov 18Winsen (Luhe)Apr 2 – Nov 18
GaggenauApr 2 – Nov 18NeubrandenburgApr 2 – Nov 18WipperfürthApr 2 – Nov 18
GanderkeseeApr 2 – Nov 18Neuburg an der DonauApr 2 – Nov 18WismarApr 2 – Nov 18
GarbsenApr 2 – Nov 18Neumarkt in der OberpfalzApr 2 – Nov 18WittenApr 2 – Nov 18
GardelegenApr 2 – Nov 18NeumünsterApr 2 – Nov 18WittenbergApr 2 – Nov 18
Garmisch-PartenkirchenApr 2 – Nov 18Neunkirchen (Saar)Apr 2 – Nov 18WittenbergeApr 2 – Nov 18
GeesthachtApr 2 – Nov 18NeuruppinApr 2 – Nov 18WittlichApr 2 – Nov 18
Geislingen an der SteigeApr 2 – Nov 18NeussApr 2 – Nov 18WittmundApr 2 – Nov 18
GeldernApr 2 – Nov 18Neustadt am RübenbergeApr 2 – Nov 18WitzenhausenApr 2 – Nov 18
GelsenkirchenApr 2 – Nov 18Neustadt an der WeinstraßeApr 2 – Nov 18WolfenbüttelApr 2 – Nov 18
GeorgsmarienhütteApr 2 – Nov 18NeustrelitzApr 2 – Nov 18WolfsburgApr 2 – Nov 18
GeraApr 2 – Nov 18NeuwiedApr 2 – Nov 18WormsApr 2 – Nov 18
GeretsriedApr 2 – Nov 18NiederkasselApr 2 – Nov 18WunstorfApr 2 – Nov 18
GermeringApr 2 – Nov 18Nienburg (Weser)Apr 2 – Nov 18WuppertalApr 2 – Nov 18
GerolsteinApr 2 – Nov 18NordenApr 2 – Nov 18WürselenApr 2 – Nov 18
GevelsbergApr 2 – Nov 18NorderneyApr 2 – Nov 18WürzburgApr 2 – Nov 18
GiessenApr 2 – Nov 18NorderstedtApr 2 – Nov 18Wyk auf FöhrApr 2 – Nov 18
GifhornApr 2 – Nov 18NordhausenApr 2 – Nov 18ZeitzApr 2 – Nov 18
GladbeckApr 2 – Nov 18NordhornApr 2 – Nov 18Zerbst/AnhaltApr 2 – Nov 18
GochApr 2 – Nov 18NordkirchenApr 2 – Nov 18ZittauApr 2 – Nov 18
GöppingenApr 2 – Nov 18NortheimApr 2 – Nov 18ZweibrückenApr 2 – Nov 18
GorlebenApr 2 – Nov 18NürburgApr 2 – Nov 18ZwickauApr 2 – Nov 18

Daylight Saving Time History in Germany

  • Germany first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1916.
  • Germany has observed DST for 58 years between 1916 and 2024 (DST in at least one location).
  • Previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1979.
  • See Worldwide DST Statistics

First Country to Use DST

Although a small town in Canada had experimented with seasonal clock changes as early as 1908, Germany was the first country to use nationwide DST. On April 30, 1916, at the height of World War I, the German Empire turned its clocks forward for the 1st time. Many European countries followed suit just weeks later.

The measure was abolished after the war, only to be re-introduced during World War II. From 1940 to 1942, Germany observed year-round DST.

After World War II, parts of Germany controlled by the Soviet Union followed doppelte Sommerzeit, double DST, advancing their clocks by 2 hours instead of 1. The rationale was to synchronize German clocks with the local time in Moscow.

DST was discontinued in 1950. In 1980, following an initiative by East Germany, the country re-introduced the measure. Though controversial, DST has been used in Germany ever since.

Since Switzerland did not introduce DST until 1981, the German exclave of Büsingen, which is situated within Swiss territory, did not observe DST together with the rest of Germany in 1980.