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Oddly enough the question that this referendum would resolve was formed 3 years ago and seems outdated, possibly requiring some correction to the ballot question itself.
12 Argentinian Provinces (Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta,San Juan,San Luis,La Pampa,Neuquen,Rio Negro,Chubut,Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego- Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur.) exempt from Summer Time (DST) observance starting on October 19, 2008.
Western Australia will observe the final year of a 3-year Daylight Saving trial this year, starting on October 26, 2008.
Much of Australia will begin DST on October 5, 2008.
Pakistan government has decided to keep the watches one-hour advanced for another 2 months- plan to return to Standard Time on October 31 instead of August 31.
English language article from newspaper No. 16578 (07/11/2008), L'Express Mauritius- restates introduction of DST from 1st November 2008 to 31st March 2009.
French language (different article) of same newspaper No. 16578 (07/11/2008), L'Express Mauritius-
states that DST in Mauritius will start on October 26 and will end on March 27 ...???
Brazil makes changes in time zones (June 24/25, 2008)- modifing number of time zones (from current 4 time zones to three),
eliminating time zone UTC- 05 (state Acre and the part of the Amazonas will be UTC/GMT- 04), western part of Pará state
is moving to one timezone UTC- 03 (from UTC -04).
States of Jersey (the Channel Islands) will hold a referendum on Wednesday 15th October 2008 on whether
to adopt CET(Central European Time) zone- aligning its clocks with the Spain, Germany, France...
Western Australia (Perth) will end DST on March 30, 2008- while rest of Australian places observing DST will end DST 1 week later- on April 6, 2008- may create a mini-Y2K by putting computers, phones and other services out of sync.
Venezuela is 4 1/2 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) or half-hour ahead of New York and Colombia and half-hour behind of Bolivia and Manaus (Brazil) time.
From Christmas Isl, Kiritimati (Kiribati) to Samoa.
When Kiritimati (UTC+14) enters the New Year at midnight Dec 31, 2007 (New Year 2008), the local time in New York is 05am (morning) Dec 31, 2007, local time in London is 10am and local time in Sydney is 09pm (21:00) Dec 31, 2007.
DST economic and energy benefits were hard to prove...however if Korea were to consider the system, it should cooperatively join with Japan in order to cut any extra expense that could result from rearranging international flights.
U.S. DOT announced that five Indiana counties (Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin and Pike) are moving from Central to Eastern time- keep their clocks unchange after November 4, 2007.
Some regions of Brazil will start DST on October 14, 2007 (1 week earlier then last year-October 21, 2006) and will end DST on February 17, 2008 ( 1 week earlier then this year- February 25, 2007).
Iranian Majlis has adopted a single-urgency bill regarding Summer Time, proposing to change official time twice a year-
once at the beginning of the Iranian calendar year (March 21) and once at the start of the second half of each year (September 23).
Proposal to advance of the Indian Standard Time (UTC + 5:30) by half an hour to being 6 hours ahead of the Universal Coordinated Time (UTC + 06) and to reject suggestion for introducing multiple time zones and/or DST.
DAYLIGHT saving will be extended another four weeks in NSW from year 2008- from the first Sunday in October
(October 05, 2008) to the first Sunday in April (April 05, 2009).
Victoria, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania have agreed to extend DST by a month,
from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April. Tasmania will get extra 1 week of "summer time" and NSW, Vic, ACT- extra 1 month.
New Zealand Government favours extending DST for next summer.
03/20/2007, Iran -
".... Majlis and the government have not yet reached a consensus on the country's official clock...." from article "Iran will not observe DST" by Press TV
Team of government representatives and members of the Majlis Research Center will hold meetings during the New Year holidays to make a final decision.
MPs have proposed that the formal time in the country be adjusted forward by an hour early spring (to start March 21) and retracted in autumn by an hour.
Newfoundland and Labrador clocks will jump forward an hour on March 11, 2007-brings the province in line with similar changes in the United States and most Canadian provinces.
WESTERN Australia is planning to adopt DST in December 2006,
leaving Queensland and the Northern Territory as the only places where it won't be observed.
Brazil Government announced that Daylight Savings Time will start at midnight of November 5, 2006 and ended at midnight of February 25, 2007 (only for the chosen states)
09/28/2006, Nicaragua - "Cambio de Hora", Republica de Nicaragua, Casa Presidencial, COMUNICADOS
Nicaraguan Government announced that Daylight Savings Time will be ended on October 1, 2006 at 01:00 hrs
(Cancelling Daylight Time in Iraq)
