The Malta Independent 23 May 2025, Friday
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Summertime ends at 3am Sunday, don't forget to turn your clocks back

Saturday, 27 October 2018, 18:00 Last update: about 8 years ago

Summer time ends early Sunday morning, at 3am. Don't forget to turn your clock's back an hour tonight.

The EU is currently debating whether to end this practice of moving clocks forward and back an hour depending on the time of year.

Last August, The European Commission published the results of an online consultation, which ran from 4 July to 16 August 2018, and received 4.6 million responses from all 28 Member States. The preliminary results showed that 84% of respondents are in favour of putting an end to the bi-annual clock change.

European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is backing calls to ditch the twice-yearly changes to the time following the citizens' consultation, stating that "the people want that, and we will make it happen.


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