SPRING FORWARD: Clocks go forward an hour in Spain TOMORROW at the start of ‘summer time’

Sunday, March 29, marks the start of summer time in Spain which will last until the dawn of Sunday, October 25. Clocks should be forward one hour, so that at 2 am it will be 3 am. 

All the Member States of the European Union comply with the European Directive 2000/84 / EC  which is still in force, without exception, in all the Member States of the European Union.

However, the time change is currently subject to a study of the countries that make up the Union after the European Commission carried out a public consultation in 2018 in which more than 80 per cent of the 4.6 million citizens who participated preferred an end the time changes.

The Committee of Ministers of Transport and Tourism at the European Parliament met in March last year to evaluate the change but have deferred a decision, at least, until 2021.

The time change debate always provokes wide-ranging discussions among various social groups when considering possible energy savings, road safety, working conditions and their repercussions on the health, among others.

Time zone

Spain, geographically, is located in the UTC / GMT + 1 zone, coinciding with most of Europe with the exception of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Portugal, which is in UTC / GMT + 0. Spain has been in this zone since 1940 when the Spanish “official time”, advanced by 60 minutes to “universal time”.