Finland switches to daylight saving time as clocks move forward

Finland has transitioned to daylight saving time, with clocks moved forward by one hour at 3:00 AM on Sunday, Yle reports.

The change applies across all EU member states, which adjust their clocks on the same dates and at the same time under the EU’s daylight saving directive. The directive does not allow individual countries to opt out of the practice unilaterally.

Finland has permanently observed daylight saving time and standard time since 1981, while other Nordic countries adopted the system a year earlier. The transition dates are always the last Sundays in March and October, with the early Sunday morning timing chosen to minimise disruption to traffic and daily routines.

A simple rule for remembering the change is that clocks “move toward summer”—forward in spring and backward in autumn.