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March 29, 2015 : transition to summer time

24 mars 2015

The next time change will take place on the night of Sunday, March 29, 2015 for France. This operation is ensured at the Observatory of Paris, in the national metrology in charge of time and frequency units Laboratory, part of the Department SYRTE Time-Space Reference Systems.

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At 2 am, it will be 3 am !

The time change to summer time takes place on the night spanning Saturday March 28th to *Sunday, March 29, 2015* . That night, we lose one hour of sleep : at 2 am, it will already be 3 am.

Summer time in France is UTC + 2.

Remember to advance your clocks by one hour before bedtime.

Located in the Paris Observatory, the Speaking Clock (phone number 3699) which broadcasts French legal time will adjust itself automatically.

Directive 2000/84 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001, published in the Official Journal of the European Communities No L 31 of 2 February 2001 specifies the regime of DST applicable from the 2002 in the European Union.

The provisions of the Directive have been transposed into French law by Decree of April 3 2001 published in the Official Journal of the French Republic of 6 April 2001./ "