Clocks in Finland will move ahead one hour on Sunday night, with the official transition taking place at 3am on Sunday, 28 March.
Finland has followed the twice-yearly 'Daylight Saving Time' custom of switching clocks since 1981, but the European Parliament voted to scrap seasonal clock changes in 2019. At the time, it was proposed that clocks would be changed in 2021 for the last time, an initiative Finland supported.
However, EU member states must still agree whether they will choose standard or daylight saving time and the EU Parliament has said it wants individual countries to coordinate their decisions in order to avoid problems, such as the fragmentation of time zones.
The final decision has been delayed, partly because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the issue was not on the agenda for the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council this spring.
In a press release, the Finnish government said the majority of people in Finland want to end the practice.
"The people, businesses and other stakeholders were widely consulted in Finland to facilitate national decision-making. The results showed that many were in favour of abandoning clock changes," the statement said.
