Overview
- Germany, which advanced clocks early Sunday, begins the summer-time period that shortens the night by one hour.
- The change jumps civil time from 02:00 to 03:00 to extend evening daylight through spring and summer.
- Many welcome the later light, and others report brief sleep disruption after the one-hour loss.
- The European Commission has ordered a study on scrapping the twice-yearly switch that a spokeswoman said will conclude by year’s end.
- Germany’s legal time is set by PTB atomic clocks in Braunschweig, and this daylight saving period ends on 25 October when clocks move back from 03:00 to 02:00.