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DST timeline
Daylight saving time in European Union has 2 recorded changes on record, spanning 1996–2019. The earliest documented event is the modification in 1996: EU summer-time rules were harmonized around the last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October pattern. The most recent is the reform vote in 2019: The European Parliament backed ending seasonal clock changes, but the reform still requires member-state agreement. As of the latest data, European Union is shown as "Debating" in our daylight saving tracker, which is the practical takeaway for anyone scheduling calls, travel, or deliveries against this region today.
The European Parliament backed ending seasonal clock changes, but the reform still requires member-state agreement.
Each entry records a distinct daylight saving milestone for European Union. An adoption marks the year clocks first began shifting; an abolition marks the year the country stopped changing them and settled on a single year-round offset; a modification covers changes to the start or end dates, the size of the shift, or which regions take part; and a reform vote records a legislative or parliamentary decision that may not yet be in force. Years reflect when the change took effect, not when it was announced, so a 2019 vote and a later effective date can both appear.
Daylight saving rules change more often than most people expect, and historical offsets are exactly the detail that breaks date math for past timestamps, travel records, and historical scheduling. If you only need today’s behaviour for European Union, the current-status link above is the fastest answer; if you are reconstructing a past date or comparing several countries, the full timeline and the linked sources below give you the authoritative record.