Mainland Portugal and the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores will set their clocks back one hour in the early hours of next Saturday to Sunday, starting winter time.
In the early hours of Sunday (29th October), in mainland Portugal and the Autonomous Region of Madeira, when it is 02:00, the clocks must be turned back 60 minutes, to 01:00.
In the Autonomous Region of the Azores, the change will be made at 01:00 on Sunday morning, moving to 00:00.
The current time change regime is regulated by a directive (community law) from 2000, which provides that every year clocks are, respectively, moved forward and backward by one hour on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October, marking the beginning and end of summer time.
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