Overview
- Clocks in Germany and most EU countries will jump from 2:00 to 3:00 in the night of March 28–29, in line with the rule that sets the change for the last Sunday in March.
- North America moved to daylight saving time on March 9, briefly reducing the time difference with Europe to five hours for New York and eight for Los Angeles until Europe switches.
- Night-shift workers lose an hour during the change; unions note the missing hour generally is not made up, pay depends on contracts, and hourly supplements don’t apply to the skipped hour.
- Smartphones and many radios and TVs adjust automatically via the official PTB time signal from Braunschweig, but some car, wall and wrist clocks still require manual setting.
- Efforts to abolish the switch remain stalled since a 2018 EU proposal, with research citing only modest energy gains (about 1.3% or roughly €12 a year per family) and surveys reporting 25–32% experience sleep-related complaints.