Inhabitants of Finland are reminded to move their clocks back one hour on Sunday, 28 October as the country returns to standard time. The official switch will take place overnight at 4 am.
Finland has been actively campaigning to abolish the practice of turning the clocks ahead one hour during the summer months to what is known as daylight savings time.
Proponents of the move to do away with the daylight saving time switch claim the clock changes cause short-term sleeping disorders, reduced performance at work and can also lead to serious health problems.
The results of a recent justice ministry survey suggest that the majority of Finland residents would like to give up daylight saving time and keep standard time throughout the year.
Finland cannot abolish daylight savings time on its own, as any change on the matter requires a decision at the EU level. Several proposals for ending the practice are currently under EU consideration, and all 13 of Finland's MEPs support dropping the time change.
