Israel Shifts to Winter Time October 25, Gaining an Hour
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
Israel will switch to winter time on Saturday night, October 25, 2025, moving clocks back one hour and gaining an extra hour of sleep. This change, mandated by the Time Determination Law, results in earlier sunrises and sunsets. The United States will make its time change a week later, temporarily reducing the time difference between Jerusalem and Washington D.C. to six hours. Previous attempts to shorten or abolish winter time have failed.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Israel shifts to winter time on Saturday night, October 25, 2025, at 2 AM.
- Clocks will move back one hour, providing an additional hour of sleep.
- The change aligns with Israel's Time Determination Law from 2013.
- The US will adjust its clocks a week later, on November 1.
- Minister of Economy Nir Barkat supported a recent, unsuccessful initiative to shorten winter time.
Israel will revert to winter time on Saturday night, October 25, 2025, at 2:00 AM, moving clocks back one hour to 1:00 AM. This change grants an extra hour of sleep, a one-time occurrence annually, and results in earlier sunrises and sunsets. The shift adheres to Israel's Time Determination Law, which mandates the transition to winter time on the last Sunday of October and to summer time on the Friday preceding the last Sunday of March. Consequently, summer time will commence again on March 26, 2027. Israel's time changes have followed the latest version of the Time Determination Law from 2013. In contrast, the United States will observe its time change on November 1, a week after Israel. During this interim period, the time difference between Jerusalem and Washington D.C. will narrow to six hours. Initiatives to shorten or eliminate winter time, driven by public preference for later sunsets, have periodically emerged. Most recently, following the October 7, 2023, outbreak of war, an initiative supported by Minister of Economy Nir Barkat failed to alter the established schedule. The last revision to the dates for daylight saving and winter time in Israel occurred over a decade ago.
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