On October 27, Ukraine switches to winter time.
“At exactly 4:00 a.m., the clock hands have to make one circle back. Modern electronic devices will do this automatically, while mechanical clocks need to be set manually. Thus, it will show 3.00,” the Government online telegram channel said.
As reported, on July 16, the Verkhovna Rada adopted Bill No. 4201 to cancel the transition from winter to summer time in Ukraine from 2025, but it has not been signed by the President of Ukraine.
Ukraine on the night of Sunday, October 27, switches to “winter time,” moving the clock one hour back, according to the press service of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Agriculture. Pursuant to Cabinet’s resolution No. 509 from May 13, 1996, each year on the last Sunday in October at 04:00 the clock is moved back one hour.
Each year on the last Sunday of March at 03:00 the clock switches to “summer time,” with the clock moved one hour forward.
Currently, clocks are being moved ahead in more than 70 countries. The countries of the European Union, most of which are located in the UTC+ 1 belt, and the smaller ones in UTC and UTC+ 2, also switch to “winter time”. However, in August 2018, the European Commission made a recommendation to abandon the seasonal time change in 2019, so that member states could decide whether to abandon this mechanism. The recommendation was adopted based on a mass survey among citizens of EU countries, which resulted in 80% supporting the abandonment of “winter time.”
In Europe, Iceland, Russia and Belarus do not switch to “winter time.”
In Ukraine, in 2011, a resolution was adopted to abolish the transition to “winter time,” but it was later cancelled.
