Forward 1 hourWhen local standard time was about to reachSunday, March 29, 2015, 2:00:00 am clocks were turned forward 1 hour toSunday, March 29, 2015, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead. Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on Mar 29, 2015 than the day before. There was more light in the evening. Back 1 hourWhen local daylight time was about to reachSunday, October 25, 2015, 3:00:00 am clocks were turned backward 1 hour toSunday, October 25, 2015, 2:00:00 am local standard time instead. Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour earlier on Oct 25, 2015 than the day before. There was more light in the morning. DST in Europe Ends Sunday, Oct 25The DST period starts on the last Sunday of March and ends on the last Sunday of October, together with most other European countries. However, like many other European countries, Sweden first changed its clocks during World War I. The country's initial DST switch was in 1916, just days after Germany had become the world's first country to introduce the measure. However, DST was abolished again in the year after, and it was not used until 1980, when it was reinstated as a reaction to the oil crisis of 1973.