Northern Cyprus will have winter time again
Northern Cyprus will again be observing winter time, starting 29 October, 2017.
View ArticleNew start date for Fiji standard time
Fiji will switch from Daylight Saving Time (UTC +13) to standard time (UTC +12) on 14 January instead of 21 January, 2018.
View ArticleNo DST in Tonga
Daylight Saving Time (DST) will not be observed in Tonga this year, according to Paula Ma'ú, Secretary for Information & Communications of Tonga.
View ArticleTurkey falls back on UTC +2 next year
Turkey will again be switching between standard time and daylight saving time, starting 28 October, 2018.
View ArticleNew start date for DST in Brazil
Daylight Saving Time in Brazil will from 2018 be starting on the first Sunday of November, instead of the third Sunday of October.
View ArticleSão Tomé and Príncipe changed time zone
São Tomé and Príncipe changed time zone to West Africa Time (WAT, UTC +1) on 1 January 2018.
View ArticleCasey Station changed time zone again
Casey Station changed time zone on 11 March 2018 to UTC +8.
View ArticlePalestine starts summer time one week early
Palestine summer time will start on 24 March instead of 31 March 2018.
View ArticleNorth Korea will change time zone
North Korea will change time zone from UTC +8:30 (Pyongyang Time / PYT) to UTC +9 (Korea Standard Time / KST), getting back in alignment with South Korea and Japan, according to AP News.
View ArticleEnd of seasonal clock changes in the EU
Tired of changing between summer- and winter time twice a year? If you live in the EU, you may not need to, after March 2019.
View ArticleVolgograd will jump one hour ahead
Volgograd is likely to change time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+4 at 0200 local time on 28 October, 2018.
View ArticleTurkey makes summer time permanent
President Erdoğan has decided that Turkey will stay on summer time (UTC +3) all year, every year.
View ArticleBrazil postpones summer time two more weeks
Summer time in Brazil will start on 18 November instead of 4 November, 2018.
View ArticleMorocco makes summer time permanent
Morocco has decided to stay on UTC +1 permanently. The decision comes two days before the summer time was scheduled to end.
View ArticleAnnette Island stayed on summer time
Annette Island in Alaska was scheduled to change to winter time along with Alaska on 4 November, 2018, but the Metlakatla Indian Community decided on 1 November not to change the time.
View ArticleQyzylorda changed time zone
Qyzylorda in Kazakhstan changed time zone from UTC +6 to UTC +5 at midnight on 21 December, 2018.
View ArticleSão Tomé and Príncipe will revert to GMT
Time in São Tomé and Príncipe will be changed back to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC +0) at 0200 on 1 January, 2019.
View ArticleAnnette Island will follow Alaska Standard Time
The Metlakatla Indian Community on Annette Island in Alaska has decided to change their local time to be in sync with Alaska Standard Time, starting at 02:00 on 20 January, 2019.
View ArticlePalestine starts summer time one week late
Palestine summer time will start at 00:00 on 29 March instead of the presumed transition date, 23 March 2019.
View ArticleNo DST in Brazil in 2019
The government of Brazil has announced that there will be no DST in Brazil in 2019.
View ArticleMorocco will be on GMT during Ramadan
The Moroccan government announced today that the time in Morocco will be set one hour back for Ramadan.
View ArticleTime-free island was a marketing campaign
The story of Sommarøy, the small "time-free" Norwegian island in the idyllic land of the midnight sun, was yesterday revealed to be a marketing campaign.
View ArticleFiji summer time 2019-2020 date change
The upcoming summer time period in Fiji has been shortened by two weeks, starting one week later and ending one week sooner than previously scheduled.
View ArticleNorfolk Island will have daylight saving time
Norfolk Island will from 6 October 2019 be alternating between standard time and daylight saving time on the same schedule as Australia.
View ArticleYukon is cancelling seasonal time changes
The Government of Yukon, Canada announced yesterday that Yukon will end the practice of twice annual seasonal time changes. After Yukoners adjust their clocks on March 8, the territory will remain on...
View ArticleNew date for time change in Morocco
The government of Morocco announced on Monday that Morocco will return to UTC +1 on 31 May, 2020, instead of 24 May, 2020.
View ArticleTime zone corrections for Australian Antarctic research stations
An update from the Time Zone Database Mailing List: "Casey Station, Antarctica has been using +08 in winter and +11 in summer since 2018. The most recent transition from +08 to +11 was 2020-10-04...
View ArticleNew start date for DST in Fiji
The government of Fiji announced today that daylight saving time in Fiji will start at 02:00 on Sunday, 20 December, 2020, and end at 03:00 on Sunday, 17 January, 2021.
View ArticlePalestine ends daylight saving time early
The Palestinian cabinet announced yesterday that daylight saving time in Palestine will end at 01:00 on 24 October, 2020, one week earlier than previously scheduled.
View ArticleVolgograd reverts to Moscow time
The Russian region of Volgograd has decided to change time zone from UTC +4 til UTC +3. The change will occur at 02:00 local time on 27 December, 2020.
View ArticleSouth Sudan changes time zone
South Sudan will change time zone from East Africa Time (EAT) to Central Africa Time (CAT) at 00:00 on 1 February, 2021.
View ArticleSamoa cancels daylight saving time
Samoa's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour announced on Wednesday 15 September that daylight saving time no longer will be observed in Samoa. Daylight saving time was scheduled to start on...
View ArticleJordan will start DST one month early
The government of Jordan has decided that daylight saving time in Jordan will start at the end of February instead of at the end of March.
View ArticleFiji puts DST on hold
Fiji has cancelled November's transition to daylight saving time.
View ArticlePalestine summer time will start one day later than expected
Daylight Saving Time in Palestine will start at midnight on 27 March 2022, instead of 26 March.
View ArticleIran cancels daylight saving time
Iran will not be observing daylight saving time anymore, starting next year.
View ArticleChile postpones DST one week
Daylight saving time in Chile will start 11 September 2022, one week later than previously planned.
View ArticlePalestine summer time will end one day later than expected
Daylight Saving Time in Palestine will end at 2 am on 29 October 2022, instead of 2 am on 28 October.
View ArticlePermanent daylight saving time in Syria
Syria will be observing daylight saving time on a permanent basis, starting this October.
View ArticlePermanent daylight saving time in Jordan
Jordan will be observing daylight saving time on a permanent basis, starting this October.
View ArticleFiji stays on standard time
The government of Fiji announced today that Fiji will not change to daylight saving time this year.
View ArticleChanges in Mexico time zones
Most of Mexico will stop alternating between standard time and daylight saving time after returning to standard time on 30 October state of Chihuahua will stay on UTC -6 permanently. Standard time in...
View ArticleTime zone change in Greenland
Most of Greenland will change time zone to UTC -2 on 25 March 2023.
View ArticleMorocco will return to UTC +1 earlier than expected
The government of Morocco decided this week that Morocco will return to UTC +1 on 23 April, 2023, one week earlier than previously presumed.
View ArticlePalestine postpones DST until after Ramadan
Daylight saving time in Palestine will start at 02:00 on 29 April instead of 25 March, 2023.
View ArticleLebanon postpones DST on short notice
The government of Lebanon announced today that Lebanon will not start daylight saving time on Saturday as previously planned, but instead wait until 21 April.
View ArticleLebanon reverses DST postponement
The recent postponement of daylight saving time in Lebanon has been reversed, and the government has decided that daylight saving time will start on Thursday, 30 March, 2023.
View ArticleKazakhstan goes from two time zones to one
Eastern parts of Kazakhstan which have been observing UTC +6 will on 1 March 2024 change time zone to UTC +5.
View ArticlePalestine stays on standard time one week longer
Daylight saving time in Palestine will start on 20 April 2024, one week later than expected.
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