The following morning, mainland Portugal and the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores will move their clocks an hour earlier, starting with daylight saving time.
In mainland Portugal and the Autonomous Region of Madeira, clocks must be set forward one hour when the clock shows 01:00 and then 02:00.
In the Autonomous Region of the Azores the change will be made at 00:00 and will be changed to 01:00.
Legal times will change again on October 27th to winter.
The current time change regime is governed by a directive (community law) from 2000, which stipulates that each year clocks are set forward and backward one hour respectively on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October, marking the start and end of daylight saving time.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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