When will the time change in 2025?

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The days are getting longer and warmer again. When will the next time change take place, and when exactly will the clock change to summer time in 2025? Will it be set forward or back by one hour next time?
Every six months, the question arises about when exactly the clock will be changed. It will still take some time:

The date for the next time change to summer time in 2025 is on the night of Saturday, 29 March, to Sunday, 30 March, from 2 a.m. to 3 am. This night will therefore be one hour shorter than usual.

Daylight saving time begins at the end of March. The switch to standard time (winter time) will occur on Sunday, 26 October 2025, at 3:00 a.m. The clocks will then be set back by one hour to 2:00 a.m. The time changeover always takes place in the last week of March and the last week of October. There is one hour less sleep at the beginning of summer time. Daylight saving time is officially referred to as “Central European Summer Time” (“CEST”).

Start of summer time: date for the next time change in 2025
・Start of daylight saving time 2025: Sunday, March 30, 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.

・Start of winter 2025: Sunday, October 26, 3 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Will the time change finally be abolished?
Following an EU-wide survey on the time change in 2018, the EU put the abolition of the time change to the test. The EU Parliament then voted by a majority to abolish the time change from 2021. Nevertheless, there are no implementation plans to date. The EU member states can decide whether they want to live permanently in summer or winter if the time changeover is abolished. According to the latest information, there is a lack of “agreements between the member states”. Ultimately, the aim is to prevent a patchwork of European time zones.

Despite repeated discussions about abolishing the time changeover, no agreement has yet been reached. In addition, Europe-wide coordination is required to achieve a uniform regulation within the EU. These complex decision-making processes have not yet led to a conclusive solution, and there are no signs that this will change in 2025, either.
Why is the clock changed?
The original introduction of the time change in Germany in 1980 aimed to save energy. The main plan was to make better use of daylight in the evening. The aim of introducing the time change was to use bright sunlight better to save energy costs and resources for producing artificial light. In addition, the extra hour in the dark makes sleeping easier. The 1973 and 1979/1980 oil crises were the main reasons for the time change, but studies have shown that this effect is minimal, as less artificial light is needed in the evening, but more heating is required in the morning. The energy saving is therefore nullified.

Nowadays, however, the switch is criticized in many places as unnecessary.

・The first time the clock was changed was during the First World War on 30 April 1916 in the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Great Britain. The aim was to increase the period of usable daylight.

・After the end of the First World War, however, the first phase was discontinued. It was not until 1975 that most countries in the European Community followed suit and introduced daylight saving time.

・In 1977, the plans were implemented. Here, too, the focus was on better energy use. Since 1996, the clock has been changed uniformly in the EU. Germany is one of over 60 countries that set their clocks forward or back.

・However, the time change is often criticized and seen as nonsensical. Many no longer see the time change as an opportunity to save energy and view it as a historical relic.