2015-2019 World Time Zones change and WTZ DST (Daylight Saving Time) News :
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- 5 December, 2018, Sao Tome and Principe -
"Sao Tome and Principe changes its time zone back to UTC from January 1, 2019."
Diario de Notícias
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Sao Tome and Principe government restores country time zone (back to UTC) one year after change of former executive.
- 26 October, 2018, Morocco -
"No Time Change: Morocco to Stay on Daylight Saving Time Year-Round", Morocco World News
- Morocco suspends Daylight Saving Time and stays on GMT+1 / UTC+1 year-round.
- 15 October, 2018, Brazil -
"Planalto informa que não haverá adiamento e que horário de verão começará no próximo dia 4"
Globo, by Guilherme Mazui
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Brazil Government decided to abandon the announced second DST change and will start DST on November 4, 2018.
- 05 October, 2018, Ireland -
"Finland THL declares support for winter time, says summer time offers no health benefits"
by Aleksi Teivainen, Helsinki Times
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Finland wants to adopt winter time on a permanent basis.
- 03 October, 2018, Ireland -
"Government to ask Irish public about scrapping Daylight Savings Time"
by James Cox, Buzz.ie
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The Government of Ireland wants to avoid scenario where there would be 2 time zones on the island of Ireland
- 03 October, 2018, Brazil -
"A pedido do MEC, governo adia horário de verão para 18 de novembro"
Editora Globo, by Geralda Doca
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Brazil will keep Standard Time for extra 2 weeks until November 18, 2018.
- 03 October, 2018, Russia -
"Amendment to the Federal Law "On the calculation of time""
worldtimezone
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Volgograd oblast (Volgograd) is going to change its time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+4 (MSK to MSK+1) on 28 October, 2018 at 2am.
- 02 October, 2018, Japan -
"Tokyo 2020 daylight saving idea reportedly shelved", by Nancy Gillen, Inside the Games
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Plans to introduce DST to protect athletes and spectators from the heat at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have reportedly been scrapped.
- 28 September, Japan -
"‘Difficult’ daylight saving a no-go for 2020 Tokyo Games", by TAKAHIRO OKUBO, Asahi Shimbun
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Japan to give up on DST (move clocks forward by 1-2 hours) for 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games.
- 12 September, 2018, European Commission -
"State of the Union 2018: Commission proposes to put an end to seasonal clock changes"
European Commission - Press release
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EU seeks to scrap seasonal clock changes in 2019.
- June 28, 2018, California, USA -
"AB-807 Daylight saving time"
Assembly Bill No. 807, CHAPTER 60, legislature.ca.gov /
"California Proposition 7, Permanent Daylight Saving Time Measure"
Ballotpedia
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California considers permanent daylight saving time to end of changing clocks - California Proposition 7 on November 6, 2018 state ballot.
- 29 April, 2018, North Korea -
"North Korea to 'unify' standard time with South Korea", by Jennie Oh, United Press International
- North Korea is going to change its time zone from UTC+8:30 back to UTC+9 (same as South Korea) on May 5, 2018.
North Korea (UTC+8:30) to discontinue its time zone which is 30 minutes behind Korean Standard Time (UTC+9)
- 2 January, 2018, Florida, USA -
"Bill Would Eliminate Daylight Saving Time In Florida"
by Daylina Miller, WGCU News
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Florida files bill to get rid of Daylight Saving Time from January 1 2019.
- 23 December, 2017, Sao Tome and Principe -
"Sao Tome and Principe changes its time zone from January 1, 2018."
Diario de Notícias
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Sao Tome and Principe changed its time zone from UTC to UTC+1 on January 1, 2018.
- 15 December, 2017, Brazil -
"DECRETO Nº 9.242, DE 15 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2017"
Presidencia da Republica Federativa do Brasil
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DST in Brazil will be shortened by two weeks in 2018.
- 3 November, 2017, Massachusetts, USA -
"Massachusetts may say goodbye to daylight saving time"
Becca Moszka, The Daily Free Press
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Massachusetts officials have been considering changing time zones to Atlantic Time Zone (AST) and no DST.
- 30 October, 2017, Finland -
"Finland moves to winter time as criticism for the seasonal exercise grows"
by Aleksi Teivainen, Helsinki Times
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Finland urges EU to stop daylight savings time.
- 28 October, 2017, Brussels / Berlin -
"Umfrage: 60 Prozent gegen Zeitumstellung EU prüft Abschaffung der Sommerzeit"
Berliner Kurier
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Poll: 60 percent of Germans are against time change. EU is considering abolishing summer time.
- 26 October, 2017, Poland -
"Time change. PSL is starting to fight for a change of time in Europe"
Se.pl
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NOWA TV Poll 64 percent of Poles against twice-yearly changing of the clocks.
- 17 October, 2017, Cyprus -
"Cyprus to remain united in time"
Cyprus Mail Online
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Northern Cyprus will reinstate DST (winter time) on October 29, 2017 thus all Cyprus will remain on the same time zone.
- 16 October, 2017, Sudan -
"Republic of Sudan is going to change the time zone"
Ahmed Atyya / Dr. Yahia Abdalla (National Telecommunication Cooperation - Sudan)
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Sudan to change its time zone from +03 to +02 on November 1 2017.
- August 28, 2017, Turks and Caicos -
"Daylight saving time returns March 2018"
Turks and Caicos Weekly News
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DST will be reinstated in the Turks and Caicos from March 11, 2018.
- 9 August, 2017, Namibia -
"National Council passes Time Bill in favour of summer time"
New Era Newspaper Namibia
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Namibia changed its time zone from UTC+1 to UTC+2. No Summer Time (DST) anymore.
- 27 June, 2017, Fiji -
"DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT 1998 - Daylight Saving Order 2017"
Government Of Fiji Gazette Supplement, No. 21, Legal Notice No. 41
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Fiji DST ends on January 14, 2018 (not on January 21, 2018)
- 13 May, 2017, Chile -
"LA HORA DE MAGALLANES"
RadioPolar.com, Andrés Rebolledo Smitmans
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The Magallanes Region in Chile will stay on Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) indefinitely (UTC-3).
From May 14, 2017 to August 13, 2017 Chile will use the standard time zone UTC-4.
- 03 March, 2017, Haiti -
"Haiti - NOTICES: Time change in Haiti"
Haiti Libre
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Haiti re-introduces Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) in 2017.
- 26 October 2016, Tonga -
"Daylight Saving set to run from 6 November 2016 to 15 January 2017",
Tonga Ministry of Information & Communications (mic.gov.to)
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Summer daylight saving moves Tonga 14 hours ahead of UTC.
- 28 September 2016, West Bank -
"Daylight saving time ends in Palestine (West Bank / Gaza) on October 29, 2016",
felesteen.ps
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Gaza / West Bank go back to standard time on October 29, 2016 (not as previously reported on October 21).
- 12 October, 2016, Asgardia -
"Asgardia time zone proposed as UTC+8"
WorldTimeZone
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Asgardia time zone UTC+08 aligns with Earth's most populous time zone.
- 09 September, 2016, Cyprus -
"United Nations: Cyprus leaders will have to decide on time zone issue"
Tornos News
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Cyprus to have two different time zones after October 30, 2016 ?
- 08 September, 2016, Turkey -
"Turkey to implement daylight savings time year-round"
Hurriyet Daily News
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Turkey will not roll back its clocks an hour on October 30, 2016.
- 04 July, 2016, Egypt -
"Egypt cancels daylight saving time.", Aswat Masriya
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Egypt's cabinet agreed to abandon the daylight saving time which was scheduled to be applied starting 7 July 2016.
- 03 July, 2016, Russia -
"Amendment to the Federal Law "On the calculation of time""
worldtimezone
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Novosibirsk oblast (Novosibirsk) will change its time zone from UTC+6 to UTC+7 (MSK+3 to MSK+4) on July 24, 2016 at 2am.
- 28 April, 2016, Egypt -
"Daylight savings time in Egypt postponed to 7 July 2016", Ahram Online
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Egypt re-introduces Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) after the Islamic holy month of Ramadan
- 15 April, 2016, Venezuela -
"Decreto N° 2.301, mediante el cual se modifica el Huso Horario en todo el territorio de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, entrando en vigencia el primero de mayo de 2016."
Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela
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Venezuela is going to change its current time zone UTC-04:30 forward 30 minutes (UTC-04) on May 1, 2016 at 2:30am local time.
- 27 March, 2016, Russia -
"New time zones map of Russia from March 27, 2016"
worldtimezone
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Six Russian regions: Astrakhan Oblast (Astrakhan), Ulyanovsk Oblast (Ulyanovsk), Altai Krai (Barnaul), Altai republic (Gorno-Altaysk),
Zabaykalsky Krai (Chita), Sakhalin Oblast (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) changed their time zones on March 27, 2016.
- 17 March, 2016, Azerbaijan -
"Azerbaijan cancels daylight saving time"
by Amina Nazarli, AzerNews
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Azerbaijan won't switch to summer time on March 27, 2016.
- 13 March, 2016, Chile -
"Chile tendrá 9 meses de horario de verano y 3 de invierno"
Chile Ministerio de Energía (energia.gob.cl)
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Chile will use standard winter time UTC-4 for the three months in 2016.
- 11 March, 2016, Haiti -
"HAITI: l’heure nationale ne sera ni avancée ni reculée cette année"
Anmwe
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Haiti won't observe DST in 2016.
- 15 February, 2016, Russia -
"Amendment to the Federal Law "On the calculation of time""
worldtimezone
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Astrakhan oblast (Astrakhan) will change its time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+4 (MSK to MSK+1) on March 27 2016 at 2am.
- 30 December, 2015, Russia -
"Amendment to the Federal Law "On the calculation of time""
worldtimezone
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Zabaykalsky Kray (Chita) will change its time zone from UTC+8 to UTC+9 on March 27 2016 at 2am.
- 9 October, 2015, Antarctica, Casey Station (AU) -
"Times are a changin, this week at Casey"
by Zac.W, Australian Antarctic Division
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Antarctica Casey Station (Australia) time has been changed from UTC+8 to UTC+11 for the summer operations.
- 28 September, 2015, Canada, Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (Fort Nelson) -
"Northern Rockies Time Change"
Northern Rockies Regional Municipality
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Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (Fort Nelson) will use Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) year-round (from November 1, 2015).
- 23 September, 2015, Norfolk Island, Australia -
"Norfolk Island Standard Time Ordinance 2015"
ComLaw, Australia government
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Norfolk Island, Australia will change its time zone from UTC +1130 to UTC +1100 at 12.30 am (by legal time in New South Wales) on 4 October 2015.
- 19 September, 2015, Turkey -
"Yaz saati süresi uzatiliyor"
Aksam.com.tr
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Daylight saving time in Turkey will be postponed until November 8th 2015.
- 15 August, 2015, North Korea -
"Pyongyang Time starts to tick", by Choe Chol Nam , The Pyongyang Times
- North Korea set its clock back by half an hour to GMT+8:30 from August 15, 2015.
- 29 June, 2015, Uruguay -
"Se derogo decreto del cambio de horario de verano", Camara Uruguaya de Turismo
- Uruguay plans to abolish Daylight Saving Time (DST) this year (2015).
- 8 June, 2015, Morocco -
"Retour à l’heure légale du Royaume (GMT)", Royaume du Maroc,
Ministère de la Fonction Publique et de la Modernisation de l'Administration (mmsp.gov.ma)
- Morocco suspends Daylight Saving Time From June 14 To July 19, 2015 during the holy month of Ramadan.
- 15 May 2015, The Cayman Islands -
"2015/16 Policy Statement: Toward a Better Tommorrow", Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, Cayman Islands Government
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The Cayman Islands plans to introduce Daylight Saving Time (DST) by March 2016.
- 20 April, 2015, Egypt -
"No daylight saving this summer: Egypt's prime minister", Ahram Online
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Egypt cancels DST (daylight saving time) for 2015 with the possibility of canceling DST in future years.
- 11 April, 2015, Egypt -
"Egypt to hold national poll on daylight saving time", Ahram Online
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Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Saturday ordered a governmental think-tank to hold a national opinion poll to ask citizens whether or not they support daylight saving time.
- 09 March, 2015, Mongolia -
"Mongolia to observe Daylight Saving Time from March 28, 2015"
infoMongolia.
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Mongolia to resume DST in 2015.
- 28 January, 2015, Chile -
"Gobierno anuncia modificaciones al cambio de hora en Chile continental e insular"
Ministerio de Energía, Gobierno de Chile.
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Chile intends to stay on DST permanently with continent time zone as GMT-3 and GMT-5 for the Easter Island-Rapa Nui.
- 12 january 2015, Mexico, Quintana Roo -
"Mexico time zones map in 2015 - Quintana Roo new time zone from February 1, 2015"
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At 2am on February 1, 2015 Quintana Roo will set its clocks ahead 1 hour (to 3am). New Time Zones map for Mexico in 2015.
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