Spain Moves to Winter Time: Clocks Go Back at 3 A.M. and the Day Lasts 25 Hours
Spain moved to winter time in the early hours of October 25: clocks on the Peninsula, in the Balearic Islands and in Ceuta and Melilla went back from 3:00 to 2:00, and in the Canary Islands from 2:00 to 1:00, making that Sunday 25 hours long.
The change follows the official calendar published in Spain's Official State Gazette: the five-year calendar published in 2022 set the end of summer time in 2026 for October 25, under the rule established by a 2002 royal decree of moving clocks forward on the last Sunday of March and back on the last Sunday of October.
The October 25 change is the last date in the 2022 five-year calendar, but that does not mean the system ends. The European Commission published in March 2026 the summer time calendar for 2027 to 2031, and Spain's current rule remains in force until a new decision is taken.
Winter time will run until the early hours of March 28, 2027, when clocks will move forward again into summer time.
Source: Official State Gazette (BOE), Spain
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：西班牙一座钟楼。CFA1877 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Photo: A clock tower in Spain. Photo by CFA1877, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
