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Novosibirsk to Make Time Zone Change on July 24, 2016

Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, signed a time zone change into law for Novosibirsk on July 5, 2016. The change is set to take effect on July 24th, 2016 at 2:00 am local time. The change will move the offset from +0600 to +0700 for Novosibirsk but will not affect the Novosibirsk Time (NOVT... read more

Tomsk to Make Time Zone Change on May 29, 2016

On May 29th, 2016 at 2:00 AM local time, Tomsk Obslast will change their standard offset from +06 to +07. President Putin recently signed this time zone change into law which affects the Siberian region of Russia. The region will be moving their clocks forward one hour at 2:00 AM local time. Curre... read more

Venezuela to Move Clocks Forward Permanently

In order to prevent a severe power blackout, President Nicolas Maduro announced that on Sunday, May 1 2016, at 02:30 AM country clocks will be moved forward a half hour (30 minutes) to 03:00 AM, which puts them on Venezuelan Standard Time. The change is being made because of a severe drought, which... read more

Palestine State of Gaza to Change DST Starting Time

Generally, the Palestine Territories of Gaza and West Bank start Daylight Saving Time at 12:00 AM, by moving their clocks ahead 1 hour to 1:00 AM. However, this year the start time has changed, and instead clocks will be moved forward one hour at 1:00 AM. To reiterate, this means that at 1:00 AM... read more

Palestine State of West Bank to Change DST Starting Time

Generally, the Palestine Territories of West Bank and Gaza start Daylight Saving Time at 12:00 AM, by moving their clocks ahead 1 hour to 1:00 AM. However, this year the start time has changed, and instead clocks will be moved forward one hour at 1:00 AM. To reiterate, this means that at 1:00 AM... read more

Azerbaijan Cancels Daylight Saving Time

The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan has canceled Daylight Saving Time for the country, which was set to go into effect on March 27, 2016. At that time, the country would have switched to Azerbaijan Summer Time, setting their clocks forward one hour at 4:00 AM. This change applies to all of Az... read more

Chile to Switch Back to Standard Time

The Chilean Ministry of Energy announced that after a year on Daylight Saving Time (DST), Chile will switch between standard and daylight time throughout the year. Chile will switch to standard time for three months from May 14 to August 13, 2016. At that time, all of mainland Chile will update th... read more

Haiti to Remain on Eastern Standard Time All Year

Haiti has announced they will not observe Daylight Saving Time this year, but will instead remain on Eastern Standard Time (EST). They were originally going to change their clocks on Sunday, March 13, 2016, which would put them in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), but since that is no longer happening t... read more

Sakhalin to Make Time Zone Change on March 27, 2016

Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, signed a time zone change into law for Sakhalin in March, 2016. The change is set to take effect on March 27th, 2016 at 2:00 am local time (which is March 26th, 2016 at 18:00 in UTC). The change will move the offset from +1000 to +1100 for Sakhalin but will no... read more

Albania to set clocks forward on March 27th 2016

Albania will begin Daylight Saving Time on March 27th, 2016 at 2:00am. Residents living in Albania should set their clocks forward 1 hour to 3:00am. To receive Daylight Saving Time reminders in the future, sign up for our reminder service within your profile here - Profile... read more

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