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Poles to move clocks back by one hour on Sunday

25.10.2025 13:30
Poles will be setting their clocks an hour back as daylight saving time ends on Sunday.
At 3 a.m. on Sunday, clocks across the European Union will fall back to 2 a.m., marking the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST).
At 3 a.m. on Sunday, clocks across the European Union will fall back to 2 a.m., marking the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST).Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

European Union law requires all member countries to observe daylight saving time by moving clocks forward by an hour on the last Sunday of March and back by an hour on the last Sunday of October.

Time to scrap clock shifts?

The European Parliament in 2019 voted in favour of ending the practice of changing clocks twice a year.

EU lawmakers agreed to scrap the time changes, leaving it up to individual member states to decide whether to adopt permanent summer or winter time.

However, before a final decision can be made, the issue must still be addressed by national governments.

The plan has since stalled due to opposition from some EU countries, Poland's PAP news agency reported.

Most Poles oppose time changes

Meanwhile, 78.3 percent of Poles are against moving clocks forward in spring and then back again in the autumn, according to the PAP news agency.

More than 74 percent of respondents opt for permanent summer time, while the remainder say they prefer to stick with winter time, the study by pollster CBOS found in March 2019.

Only 14.2 percent of Poles are in favour of retaining the twice-a-year time shift, according to the study, PAP reported.

Poland has been part of the European Union since 2004.

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Source: IAR, PAP