Uruguay Eliminates Daylight Saving Time
The Uruguayan Chamber of Tourism announced Monday that the president has signed a decree to cancel daylight saving time, citing negative impact on the tourism sector as one of the main reasons for the...
View ArticleNorth Korea gets its own time zone
North Korea will on 15 August 2015 move into its own unique time zone, at UTC+8:30, half an hour behind its current time zone, at UTC+9.
View ArticleNorfolk Island changes time zone
Norfolk Island will change time zone from UTC+11:30 to UTC+11 at 2 am on 4 October 2015.
View ArticleAnnette Island changes time zone
The Metlakatla Indian Community on Annette Island in Alaska has decided to join Alaska's main time zone. The time zone change coincides with the end of daylight saving time in North America.
View ArticleThe leap second stays another 8 years
The decision of whether to abolish leap seconds from civil time, has been deferred until 2023. The announcement comes from the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, citing that "further...
View ArticleUpcoming changes in Russian time zones
The Russian territory of Transbaikalia will change time zone from UTC +8 to UTC +9 at 2 am on March 27, 2016.
View ArticleHaiti cancels daylight saving time with two days notice
The planned change to daylight saving time in Haiti at 2 am local time on 13 March 2016 has been cancelled.
View ArticleChile reintroduces DST
Chile's Ministry of Energy announced today that Chile will be observing daylight saving time again. Chile Standard Time will be changed back to UTC -4 at 00:00 on 15 May, and DST will be observed from...
View ArticleAzerbaijan cancels daylight saving time
The scheduled switch to DST on Sunday, 27 March 2016 in Azerbaijan has been cancelled. Azerbaijan will instead stay on UTC+4 all year.
View ArticleEl Niño makes Venezuela jump to a new time zone
Time in Venezuela will be set half an hour ahead at 02:30 on 1 May 2016 local time.
View ArticleTomsk changes time zone
The Russian region Tomsk will change time zone from UTC +6 to UTC +7 at 2 am on 29 May, 2016.
View ArticleEgypt brings back daylight saving time
Egypt's Cabinet announced yesterday that Egypt will be observing daylight saving time (DST) again from 7 July 2016.
View ArticleEgypt cancels reintroduction of DST
Egypt's Cabinet has decided to cancel the reintroduction of daylight saving time (DST), which was scheduled for 7 July 2016.
View Article2016 will end with a leap second
The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) has announced that a leap second second will be added after 23:59:59 on 31 December 2016 UTC.
View ArticleTurkey to keep permanent DST
Turkey will stay on DST, canceling October's transition back to UTC +2 standard time.
View ArticleSmartphones and computers will show the wrong time in Palestine for eight days
A decree made by the Palestinian cabinet scheduling the end of daylight saving time to 01:00 on 29 October 2016 EEST has gone undetected by the IANA time zone database project, which assumed a...
View ArticleTonga reintroduces DST
Tonga will be observing daylight saving time from 0200 on 6 November 2016. Time will change from UTC +13 to UTC +14.
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