At 3 o’clock in the morning, it will be 2 o’clock. A controversial change whose end was approved at European level in 2018, without effect for the moment.
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Abnormally high temperatures can be misleading, but it’s already time to change the clock. At 3 a.m. in mainland France, on the night of Saturday October 29 to Sunday October 30, it will be 2 a.m. again. Sleepers will be able to enjoy an extra hour under the sheets.
Often debated, the end of the time change was proposed by the European Commission in 2018, and was to apply the following year. But the deadline has since been postponed, and the case is on hold.
With a winter approaching marked by high energy prices and the fear of cuts, studies do not suggest a significant effect of the time change on consumption. It is the transition to summer time that saves money, observed the Ecological Transition Agency (Ademe) in 2009, but minimally, by reducing electricity consumption by 0.07%.
Overseas territories are not affected by these changes (with the exception of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon which is based on neighboring Canada). Indeed, most of them are in latitudes where the variations in sunshine are low throughout the year, unlike Europe.