Daylight Savings 2024 Germany Map. The oil crisis of 1973 spurred many countries to adopt the time change for energy conservation, with most european nations making the switch by 1980. The daylight savings times (also called summertime) were introduced in many countries in the early 20th century.

Daylight saving time begins in germany at 2am on the last sunday in march, forcing people to move their clocks forward an hour as central european summer time begins. The first considerations had already been published about 30 years earlier.