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Clock Changes in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands 2013

Next change:
Oct
26
1 hour Back

26 Oct 2025, 03:00

Start DST: Sunday, 31 March 2013 — 1 hour forward
End DST: Sunday, 27 October 2013 — 1 hour backward

31 Mar

Forward 1 hour

31 Mar 2013 - Daylight Saving Time Started

When local standard time was about to reach
Sunday, 31 March 2013, 02:00:00 clocks were turned forward 1 hour to
Sunday, 31 March 2013, 03:00:00 local daylight time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on 31 Mar 2013 than the day before. There was more light in the evening and less light in the morning.

Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.

More info:
March 31, 2013: Europe Starts Daylight Saving Time

27 Oct

Back 1 hour

27 Oct 2013 - Daylight Saving Time Ended

When local daylight time was about to reach
Sunday, 27 October 2013, 03:00:00 clocks were turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, 27 October 2013, 02:00:00 local standard time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour earlier on 27 Oct 2013 than the day before. There was more light in the morning and less light in the evening.

Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.

More info:
Europe sets clocks back as DST ends on Sunday, October 27, 2013

Other years: 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016

Daylight Saving Time in Other Years

DST changes do not necessarily occur on the same date every year.

Year DST Start (Clock Forward) DST End (Clock Backward)
2010 Sunday, 28 March, 02:00 Sunday, 31 October, 03:00
2011 Sunday, 27 March, 02:00 Sunday, 30 October, 03:00
2012 Sunday, 25 March, 02:00 Sunday, 28 October, 03:00
2013 Sunday, 31 March, 02:00 Sunday, 27 October, 03:00
2014 Sunday, 30 March, 02:00 Sunday, 26 October, 03:00
2015 Sunday, 29 March, 02:00 Sunday, 25 October, 03:00
2016 Sunday, 27 March, 02:00 Sunday, 30 October, 03:00
2017 Sunday, 26 March, 02:00 Sunday, 29 October, 03:00
2018 Sunday, 25 March, 02:00 Sunday, 28 October, 03:00
2019 Sunday, 31 March, 02:00 Sunday, 27 October, 03:00
All times are local for Leeuwarden.

Data for the years before 1970 is not available for Leeuwarden, however, we have earlier time zone history for Amsterdam available.

Detailed time zone and clock changes in Leeuwarden