Draft bill "Russia transition to the Standard Time" was introduced to the State Duma.
This Bill proposes to abolish the "Summer" time (daylight saving Time) in Russia.
Russia may reduce number of time zones from 11 to less.
Kemerovo region (Russia) will change time zone from current Krasnoyarsk Time Zone (KRA) UTC+07 to Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOV) UTC+06 on March 28, 2010.
Considering the recent devastation on Samoa by earthquake and tsunami and that
many government offices/ ministers are closed- not sure if "Daylight Saving
Bill 2009" will be implemented on October 4, 2009.
DST rule for Brazil -from midnight on the 3rd Sunday of October each year, until midnight of the 3rd Sunday in February the following year. If the date coincides with the Sunday of Carnival, the end of DST will be transferred to the next Sunday.
Iran is to observe daylight savings time ( text should be " ... Iran is to observe Winter Time" (WorldTimeZone.com), adjusting backward its official time by one hour at 0:00 hours Tuesday September 22.
Bolivia is considering to change Time Zone from GMT-04 to GMT-05 in the winter 2009/2010 to
prevent the spread of colds and the new seasonal influenza A strain H1N1.
It would be the first time in Bolivian history that changes the time zone.
WEST Australians have voted against DST (Daylight Saving Time) after a three-year trial which has divided the state.
Western Australia and Queensland will be only Australia states without DST.
The bill can be brought back for consideration in January 2011: The state of Montana rejects daylight saving time and elects to continue standard time in Montana throughout the year.
The Government of Argentinian Province San Luis has decided to use new time zone GMT-04 during winter time (from March 15, 2009) and GMT-03 during summer time (from October 18, 2009) - creating confusion and surprising the rest of the country and nearby provinces.
Korean government plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time Soon. Plan for DST was adopted by 27 of the 30 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Oddly enough the question that this referendum would resolve was formed 3 years ago and seems outdated, possibly requiring some correction to the ballot question itself.
