 | Daylight Savings Time |
The clocks change twice a year moving from winter (standard) time to summer time and back. Find out when, and how Belgium's time relates to the rest of the world.
In 1996 the European Union (EU) standardized an EU-wide Summertime, or Daylight
Savings Time (DST).
The EU's version of Daylight Saving Time runs from 03:00 on the last Sunday
in March (when the clocks go forward by an hour) through to 03:00 on the last Sunday in
October (when they go back by an hour).
- In 2008 clocks forward by one hour on the night of 29-30 March
- They go back again on the night of 25-26 October
If dealing with other countries, it can be helpful to know how the different
varieties of DST (for those countries that use the system) map on to each other.
The following data comes from WebExhibits.org.
Note that practically all countries adjust their clocks at some time between
midnight and 3:00 am.
| Continent | Country | Beginning and ending days |
|---|
| Africa | Egypt | Start: Last Friday in April
End: Last Thursday in September |
|---|
| Namibia | Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April |
| Asia
| Most states of Europe,
and the former USSR. | Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October |
|---|
| Iraq | Start: April 1
End: October 1 |
| Israel | (Estimate, Israel decides the dates every year)
Start: First Friday in April
End: First Friday in September |
| Lebanon, Kirgizstan | Start: Last Sunday in March
End:
Last Sunday in October |
| Mongolia | Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in September |
| Palestine:
West Bank & Gaza | (Estimate)
Start: First Friday on or after 5 April
End: First Friday on or after 5 October
|
| Syria | Start: April 1
End: October 1 |
| Iran | Start: the first day of Farvardin
End: the first day of Mehr |
| Australasia
| Australia - South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island | Start: Last Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March |
|---|
| Australia - Tasmania | Start: First Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March |
| Fiji | Start: First Sunday in November
End: Last Sunday in February |
| New Zealand, Chatham | Start: Last Sunday in
September
End: First Sunday in April |
| Tonga | Start: First Saturday in October
End: First Saturday on or after 15 April |
| Europe
| European Union, Russia | Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October |
|---|
| Greenland | Start: First Sunday in April
End: Last Sunday in October |
| North America
| United States, Canada, Bahamas (new times 2007) | Start:
02:00 second Sunday in March
End: 02:00 first Sunday in November |
|---|
| Mexico,
St-Johns, Turks and Caicos | Start: First Sunday in April
End: Last Sunday in October |
| Cuba | Start: April 1
End: Last Sunday in October |
| South America | Brazil
(part) | Start: First Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in February |
|---|
| Chile | Start: First Sunday on or after 9 October
End: First Sunday on or after 9 March |
| Falklands | Start: First Sunday on or after 8 September
End: First Sunday on or after 6 April |
| Paraguay | Start: First Sunday in October
End: Last Saturday in February |
| Antarctica | Antarctica | (same as Chile) |
|---|
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