WorldTimeZone 3-D Mouse Pads- 3 World Time Zone maps layered in 1 Mouse Pad
WorldTimeZone 3-D Mouse Pads for Business Travelers, World Tourists and International Students
debuted at The New York International Licensing EXPO (June 2008) at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
(Click on images below for more information.)
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Layer 1 of 3-D Mouse Pad.
+/- UTC Greenwich Mean Time Map. |
Layer 2 of 3-D Mouse Pad.
Daylight Saving Countries & Territories Map.
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All 3 layers of 3-D Mouse Pad. |
Time change and DST (Daylight Saving Time) News:
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07/10/2008, Mauritius -
"Ile Maurice: Le gouvernement avance l'introduction de l'heure d'été", AllAfrica- L'Express (Port Louis), by Patrick Hilbert
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Mauritius government intends to introduce DST on October 26 instead of 1 November 2008.
07/11/2008, Mauritius -
"The revival of daylight saving time : Energy conservation?",
No. 16578, L'Express Mauritius
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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.
07/11/2008, Mauritius -
"Le gouvernement avance l’introduction de l’heure d’été",
No. 16578, L'Express Mauritius
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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 ...???
07/03/2008, Australia -
"Daylight saving extended for Canberra", Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Canberra will get an extra month of DST- changes will bring the Canberra (ACT) into line with Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
06/24/2008, Brazil -
"ALTERA AS ALÍNEAS "B" E "C" E REVOGA A ALÍNEA "D" DO ART. 2° DO DECRETO N° 2.784, DE 18 DE JUNHO DE 1913, A FIM DE MODIFICAR OS FUSOS HORÁRIOS DO ESTADO DO ACRE E DE PARTE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS DO FUSO HORÁRIO GREENWICH "MENOS CINCO HORAS" PARA O FUSO HORÁRIO GREENWICH "MENOS QUATRO HORAS", E DA PARTE OCIDENTAL DO ESTADO DO PARÁ DO FUSO HORÁRIO GREENWICH "MENOS QUATRO HORAS" PARA O FUSO HORÁRIO GREENWICH "MENOS TRÊS HORAS"."", Presidência da República, BASE DA LEGISLAÇÃO FEDERAL DO BRASIL, LEI 11.662/2008 (LEI ORDINÁRIA) 04/24/2008
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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).
06/23/2008, States of Jersey (the Channel Islands) -
"GMT: first public vote on keeping the evenings lighter all year round", Times Online, by David Brown
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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...
06/17/2008, Mauritius -
"Budget Highlights: Energy- Building a Green Mauritius", Government of Mauritius
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Mauritius plan to introduce Summer Time (DST) on a pilot basis. The clock will be moved forward one hour as from 1st November 2008 to 31st March 2009.
06/17/2008, Japan -
"Panel offers practical steps to cut greenhouse emissions", The Yomiuri Shimbun
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A government panel looking into measures to combat global warming - including the introduction of DST (daylight saving time).
06/12/2008, Korea -
"Panel Pushes for Daylight Saving System", The Chosun Ilbo & Digital Chosun Ilbo
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Calls for DST is growing in South Korea, however labor organizations oppose Daylight Saving Time.
06/07/2008, Japan -
"Research group opposes daylight-saving time", The Yomiuri Shimbun
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A research group opposed a plan to introduce DST in Japan in 2010.
06/03/2008, South Africa -
"Eskom may call for two time zones to spread demand"", Cape Argus, South Africa, by John Yeld
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South Africa may be divided into two permanent time zones.
05/19/2008, South Africa -
"Sonjica suggests another look at daylight saving", The Herald Online-News, South Africa (Port Elizabeth), by Patrick Cull
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South Africa may introduce Daylight Saving Time (DST).
05/15/2008, Pakistan -
"Markets to close at 9pm under energy-saving plan", Daily Times (dailytimes.com.pk), by Zafar Bhutta
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Pakistan is switching to DST (daylight saving time) on June 1, 2008. Clocks will be moved forward an hour,
from GMT+5 to GMT+6.
05/09/2008, Morocco -
"Morocco switches daylight saving time", Breaking news from Africa - afrik.com
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Morocco plan to introduce Daylight Saving Time starting at midnight 31 May-1 June, 2008 and ending at midnight 27-28 September, 2008.
03/29/2008, Australia -
"Daylight saving ends early tomorrow morning", West Australian Newspapers, JANE HAMMOND
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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.
03/12/2008, Turkey -
"Turkey considers all year day-light saving", Hurriyet
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Turkey considers all year day-light saving - clocks will no longer be taken back by one hour in October.
03/11/2008, Syria -
"Weekly Cabinet Meeting", Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), H. Sabbagh, Ahmad Fathi Zahra
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Syria will start DST on Friday April 4th 2008.
03/11/2008, Cuba -
"Entrará en vigor este domingo el Horario de Verano en Cuba", cubaweb.cu, Redactó: Sonia Rodríguez Alemañy
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Cuba will start DST on March 16 at 00:00.
03/11/2008, Guatemala -
"Gobierno de Guatemala da marcha atrás a cambio de hora por ola de violencia", Univision Communications Inc
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Guatemala reversed its decision to introduce Daylight Saving Time for 2008.
03/05/2008, Iraq -
(Cancelling Daylight Time in Iraq), aljeeran
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Iraq's Council of Ministers has decided not to use DST (Summer Time), which usually starts on April 1 each year.
02/13/2008, Guatemala -
"Cambiarán de hora el 27 de abril-Gobierno busca ahorro energético", by Elmer Telón, Diario La Hora, Nacionales.
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Guatemala plans to introduce Daylight Saving Time (El horario de verano) on April 27th 2008.
02/07/2008, Chile -
"GOBIERNO EXTENDIO HORARIO DE VERANO", Ansalatina
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Chile extended DST for 2 more weeks- till March 30, 2008.
01/15/2008, Argentina -
"San Luis: Es inminente que atrasen una hora los relojes", DERF Agencia de Noticias (derf.com.ar)
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Provincia San Luis (Argentina) is planning to end DST earlier- to make a difference with the rest of the country.
12/21/2007, Argentina -
"Programa para el uso racional de la energía", Presidencia de la Nacion Argentina (casarosada.gov.ar)
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Argentina is going to use Daylight Saving Time (DST) on December 30, 2007.
12/09/2007, Venezuela -
"Venezuela con nuevo huso horario a partir de hoy", Radio Nacional de Venezuela (Prensa Web RNV)
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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.
12/01/2007, USA -
"Where Year 2008 enters first and 2007 ends last by time zone, around the World.", by Alexander Krivenyshev (WorldTimeZone.com)
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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.
11/29/2007, Venezuela -
"Huso Horario a partir del 9 de diciembre", Radio Nacional de Venezuela (Prensa Web RNV)
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Venezuela is planning to use new time zone (GMT -04:30) on December 09, 2007.
10/24/2007, Cuba -
"Regirá el Horario Normal desde el próximo domingo 28 de octubre", by Unión Eléctrica, MINBAS, GRANMA
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Cuba will end DST on Sunday October 28, 2007 at 1am.
10/15/2007, USA -
"Tempus Fugit and Transition to Winter Time-
Time change has not spared even the most remotest of lands - Antarctica.", by A.Krivenyshev (WorldTimeZone.com) and Michael Cofield
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30 weeks of "Summer" for Europe and Russia in 2008 and 34 weeks of Summer Time for USA and Canada.
10/15/2007, Korea -
"Latest Findings Dismiss Benefits of Daylight Savings", by Jane Han, The Korea Times
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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.
10/13/2007, Chile -
"Chile inicia su horario de verano", by Tri-City Herald: America Latina
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Chile began DST from midnight on Saturday (Oct 13-14, 2007).
09/26/2007, Syria -
 , AlWatan.sy
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Syria extend DST from October to November due to the the holy month of Ramadan and Eid.
09/20/2007, Venezuela -
"Posponen cambio del huso horario para octubre", Nacional y Política - eluniversal.com
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3rd update for last 3 days -Time Zone change in Venezuela (GMT -04:30)
will be postponed for 2-3 weeks ...
09/20/2007, U.S.A., Indiana -
"Five counties move to Eastern time",
Indianapolis Star
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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.
09/20/2007, Brazil -
"Horário de Verão começa no dia 14 de outubro",
Ministério de Minas e Energia- Assessoria de Comunicação do MME
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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).
09/19/2007, Venezuela -
"Relojes deben atrasarse media hora el domingo 23 de septiembre", El Tiempo, HEYRA ZERPA / ELSA PIÑA
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Venezuela plan to use new time zone (GMT -04:30) night of September 22/23 2007.
09/18/2007, Venezuela -
"New time zone will rule the country from September 24th", Radio Nacional de Venezuela (Prensa Web RNV)
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Venezuela plan to use new time zone (GMT -04:30) from September 24th 2007- beginning of the school year.
09/16/2007, Iran -
"GC approves bill on clock change", Press TV, Iran
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Iran's Guardian Council has adopted a single-urgency bill regarding Summer Time, proposing to change official time twice in one year.
09/06/2007, Egypt -
"Egypt makes early switch to winter time due to onset of holy month", The Associated Press/International Herald Tribune
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Egypt ends DST (Summer Time) at midnight Thursday (September 6-7, 2007) - several weeks earlier than usual because of Ramadan.
08/28/2007, Korea -
"Korea, Japan agree to work closely on daylight savings time policies", The Korean Overseas Information Service (KOIS)
- Government of Korea and Japan have agreed to work closely on daylight savings time policies.
08/23/2007, Iran -
"Majlis approves bill on clock change", Press TV, Iran
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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).
08/19/2007, Venezuela -
"Venezuela tendrá nuevo huso horario a partir de enero de 2008", ABN, Venezuela
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Venezuela to have new Time zone from January 2008- 30 minutes will be added to the current hour.
08/10/2007, India -
"Energy savings from advancing the Indian Standard Time by half an hour", by Dilip R. Ahuja and D. P. Sen Gupta are in the National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc Campus, Bangalore;
CURRENT SCIENCE, 298 VOL. 93, NO. 3
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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.
08/01/2007, Japan -
"Nippon Keidanren, major banks launch trial daylight saving time period", Mainichi Daily News
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Nippon Keidanren and major banks in Japan on Wednesday launched a one-month trial daylight saving time period.
06/27/2007, Australia -
"SOUTH AUSTRALIA TO TRIAL DAYLIGHT SAVING EXTENSION", Government of South Australia News Release, www.premier.sa.gov.au
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South Australia will join NSW, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania in extending DST for another four weeks.
06/27/2007, Australia -
"Daylight saving gets extended", The Daily Telegraph, by Joe Hildebrand
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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).
06/11/2007, Korea -
"South Korea needs to introduce daylight saving time, official says", Yonhap News
- The South Korean government plans to discuss when it will introduce daylight saving time with the Japanese government.
06/02/2007, Japan -
"Panel to call for daylight saving time", The Yomiuri Shimbun
- Government proposed to study introduction of DST as part of measures to combat global warming.
04/30/2007, New Zealand -
"Daylight saving to be extended", Hon Rick Barker, Minister of Internal Affairs
- New Zealanders will have three weeks more Summer Time (DST) starting at 2am on 30 September 2007 and end at 3am on 6 April 2008.
04/13/2007, Australia -
"NSW, Vic, ACT to extend daylight saving", The Age Company Ltd.
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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.
03/30/2007, Honduras -
"Gobierno recapacita y suspende adelanto de hora", LaPrensahn
- President Mel Zelaya made the decision that DST won't be adopted by Honduras on April 1, 2007.
03/23/2007, Australia -
"Clocky horror or time warp?", By by Martin Philip, Courier Mail
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Proposal to introduce DST in southeast Queensland (around Brisbane)- from Cooloongatta, north to Noosa and west to Toowoomba.
03/23/2007, New Zealand -
"More daylight saving likely next summer", By DAN EATON - The Press
- 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.
03/16/2007, Iran - "Iran daylight saving time (DST) draft underway" by IranMania.com
- 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.
03/15/2007, Kuwait -
"Civil Service nod to daylight savings time", Arab Times
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The Civil Service Commission has approved a proposal on implementing DST in Kuwait starting from April 2007.
03/12/2007, Iran - "Iran debates DST change" by PRESS TV
- Ahmadinejad administration "does not intend to change the country's official clock" in the next Iranian calendar year beginning March 21.
03/01/2007, Mexico - "Mantiene México "Horario de Verano" de siete meses", by El Financiero en línea, Nacional
- Mexico won't extend DST to eight months- it will start DST as usual- on April 1, 2007.
03/01/2007, Cuba - "Próximamente se establecerá el horario de verano", by GRANMA
- Cuba will start DST on March 11th 2007 at 00:00 hrs.
02/21/2007, Guatemala - "Confirman que no habrá cambio de hora", by Eduardo Smith, Prensa Libre
- Guatemala Government decided not to advance the hour during 2007.
02/08/2007, Mongolia - "Mongolia won't observe Summer Time (DST)"
from Embassy of Mongolia in the Russian Federation and MONTSAME - NEWS AGENCY
- At a recent meeting of The Cabinet Ministry, it was decided to annul the 93rd decree which calls for the transition to Summer Time (DST).
01/28/2007, Bahrain -
 , AlWatan.com.sa
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Bahrain is studying the introduction of DST.
01/16/2007, Guatemala - "AUTORIDADES ESTUDIAN ADELANTAR LA HORA EN ABRIL", by Telediario
- Guatemala Government studies the possibility of observing DST again during this year 2007.
01/18/2007, Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador - "Early start approved for daylight saving time", CBC News
- 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.
12/03/2006, Australia - "WA daylight saving starts", The Age Company Ltd
- Daylight saving has started in Western Australia, as the state begins a three-year trial of the change.
10/25/2006, Australia - "West to clock on for daylight saving after Carpenter backs trial", Amanda O'Brien, West Australian political reporter
- 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.
10/13/2006, Cuba - "Ponga en hora su reloj", by Navil Garci'a, GRANMA INTERNACIONAL
- Cuba announced that DST will be ended on October 29, 2006 at 01:00 hrs-
after observing DST (summer time) all year round for last 3 years.
10/03/2006, Brazil - "Institui a hora de verão, em parte do território nacional, no período que indica.", Presidência da República Federativa do Brasil, LUIZ INÁCIO SQUID DA SILVA
- 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
09/05/2006, Jordan - "Jordan to Switch to Winter Time on October 27", Jordan News Agency
- Power saving as a result of the summer timing in 2006 would amount to JD6 million
08/23/2006, Australia - "Plan to extend daylight saving", The Border Morning Mail
- Proposal to extend daylight saving by 35 more days to bring them in line with Tasmania
08/05/2006, Honduras - "Este lunes volveremos al horario normal", LaPrensahn
- After confusion the Honduran standard time returns to normal
08/04/2006, Honduras - "Es oficial cambio de hora a partir del domingo", PAIS Gobernación
- Confusion and uncertainty to return to the zone time in Honduras
08/02/2006, Honduras - "Gobierno mantiene cambio de hora para septiembre", hondudiario
- Honduras government announced that Daylight Savings Time will be continue to use during September 2006
07/10/2006, Korea - "Koreans back daylight savings plan", by Annie I. Bang , The Korea Herald
- A majority of Koreans support the implementation of the daylight savings time as early as 2008.
06/03/2006, New Zealand - "Government to re-assess daylight saving", NATIONAL NEWS STORY
- The Minister of Internal Affairs has agreed to investigate the impacts of extending Daylight Saving Time by an extra three weeks.
05/29/2006, El Salvador - "Gobierno y empresa acuerdan no adelantar hora", by Claudia Contreras, La Prensa Gráfica
- El Salvador has decided to cancel observance of DST.
05/07/2006, Bermuda - "Island readies for daylight savings switch", By Stuart Roberts, The Royal Gazette Ltd.
- Bermuda has decided to join the USA to start daylight savings time three weeks earlier and end it a week later.
05/05/2006, El Salvador - "Economía retrasa decisión de adelanto de hora por dos semanas", by Alex Torres / Juan José López
- El Salvador is considering to delay DST for two weeks.
05/03/2006, El Salvador - "El Salvador adelantará la hora si lo hace Honduras", NACION
- El Salvador will follow Honduras to implement DST.
05/02/2006, Honduras - "Adelantan hora oficial en Honduras", Associated Press
- Honduras announced that Daylight Savings Time will be starting on May 7th, 2006
04/26/2006, Philippines - "DST in the works", By Elaine Ruzul S. Ramos
- Philippines is considering the implementation of Daylight Saving Time
04/25/2006, Canada, Nova Scotia - "Province extends daylight saving time", CBC News
- Nova Scotia has decided to join other provinces in extending daylight saving time next year (2007)
04/25/2006, Nicaragua - "Cambio de hora desde el domingo", By Tania Sirias
- Nicaraguan Government announced that Daylight Savings Time will be starting on April 30th, 2006
04/24/2006, El Salvador - "Ejecutivo contempla adelantar la hora", By Juan José López
- El Salvador is considering the implementation of Daylight Saving Time
04/19/2006, Guatemala - "DECRETAN CAMBIO DE HORARIO EN GUATEMALA PARA ENFRENTAR ALZA DEL CRUDO", Notimex
- Guatemala Government announced observance of DST starting on April 30th, 2006
04/13/2006, Sri Lanka - "Time change from April 14", Daily News
- Sri Lanka put the clock back by half an hour
03/31/2006, Australia - "Late end for daylight saving", NEWS.com.au
- Australia DST was extended for one week because of the Commonwealth Games
03/20/2006, Iran - "Iran: Daylight saving abolished for religious reasons", Rah/Aki
- DST has been abolished by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
08/08/2005, U.S.A. - "Daylight Saving Time Extended", Energy Policy Act of 2005
- President Bush signed into law a broad energy bill that will extend Daylight Saving Time by four weeks in 2007
31/10/1998, U.S.A. - "FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions for time zones, DST", WorldTimeZone.com
- Interesting and confusing facts about time, time zones and DST (Summer Time)
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