As always, the… transition to daylight saving time will take place in the early hours of the last Sunday of March.
The summer time change will take place on Sunday, March 30, 2025. In particular, the hands of the clocks at 03:00 should go forward one hour and point to 04:00.
Daylight saving time will be maintained until Sunday, October 26, 2025.
A relevant announcement from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is expected in the coming weeks.
Because the time is changed
The measure of time change has as its main advantage energy saving. In total, during the seven months of summer, we save 210 hours of electricity, taking advantage of the Sun.
In the 70s, under the influence of the oil crisis, most European countries tried to take advantage of daylight in the best possible way.
A single, pan-European regulation has been in place since 1996, during which in the spring we turn the clocks one hour forward (to make use of daylight for an extra hour), while in the autumn we turn them back one hour.
Summer and winter time in Greece
In Greece, the time change was applied for the first time, on a trial basis, in 1932, specifically from July 6 to September 1, 1932, where the clocks were set one hour ahead.
The time change, which was originally adopted for energy saving reasons and is also in effect in countries such as the United States (in France since 1976), has been causing strong reactions for years.
Its critics cite scientific research that links the time change to diseases of the cardiovascular or immune system, due to the disruption of the biological cycle, while at the same time they argue that any energy savings are no longer observed.
