Pro-government says Serbia will gain an hour of sleep as winter time begins

Pro-government says Serbia will gain an hour of sleep as winter time begins
Serbia will switch from daylight saving time to winter time overnight between Saturday, October 24, and Sunday, October 25, according to information from the Directorate for Measures and Precious Metals.

At 3 a.m. on Sunday, clocks will move back one hour to 2 a.m. The change will end the country’s use of Central European Summer Time, or CEST (UTC+2), and restore Central European Time, or CET (UTC+1). The schedule is set under Serbia’s Law on the Calculation of Time.

The immediate effect will be an extra hour overnight. Officials also highlighted the seasonal trade-off: mornings will become brighter, but darkness will arrive earlier in the afternoon and evening. The twice-yearly adjustment is described as a practice followed by Serbia and most European countries.

The transition comes despite continuing discussion across Europe about whether seasonal clock changes should eventually be abolished. For now, however, the existing system remains in force, and Serbia will continue moving its clocks in both autumn and spring.

The next change is scheduled for the night of March 27–28, when clocks will move forward again and daylight saving time will resume.