2016 World Time Zones change and WTZ DST (Daylight Saving Time) News 2016:
- 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)
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
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
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
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
Turkey will not roll back its clocks an hour on October 30, 2016. - 04 July, 2016, Egypt - "Egypt cancels daylight saving time.", Aswat Masriya
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Haiti won't observe DST in 2016. - 15 February, 2016, Russia - "Amendment to the Federal Law "On the calculation of time"" worldtimezone
Astrakhan oblast (Astrakhan) will change its time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+4 (MSK to MSK+1) on March 27 2016 at 2am.
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