Most of British Columbia in Canada will stay on UTC -7 after changing to daylight saving time on 8 March 2026, eliminating future transitions between standard time and daylight saving time in the Pacific Time zone of Canada.
", 'body'=>"Dawson Creek and a few other border regions of British Columbia are already observing UTC -7 all year. Cranbrook and other locations which alternate between Mountain Standard Time (UTC -7) and Mountain Daylight Time (UTC -6) will continue to switch between standard time and daylight saving time.
The change reduces the number of time zones in British Columbia from three to two.
In the press release from the Canadian government, the time zone in British Columbia after the change to permanent daylight saving time is referred to as \"Pacific Time\". This designation would cause confusion with the Pacific Time zone in the United States, where the time continues to alternate between standard time and daylight time. Other possible time zone names are Pacific Daylight Time and Mountain Standard Time, both having a UTC offset of -7.
Time now in British Columbia: time.is/British_Columbia
Time now in Vancouver: time.is/Vancouver
Pacific Time: time.is/PT
Mountain Time: time.is/MT
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"BC Gov News | Adopting permanent daylight saving time | https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026AG0013-000209", 'tags'=>"DST, permanent daylight saving time, British Columbia", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/british_columbia_makes_daylight_saving_time_permanent" ] ,"/time_zone_news/moldova_adjusts_dst_timing"=>[ 'headline'=>"Moldova adjusts DST timing", 'publish_date'=>"2026-02-28 17:56:00", 'summary'=>"
The government of Moldova has decided to adjust the timing of the start and end of daylight saving time to coincide with the rest of Europe.
", 'body'=>"Daylight saving time (DST) in Moldova has since 1996 been starting at 02:00 local time on the last Sunday of March, and ending at 03:00 local time on the last Sunday of October. This is one hour earlier than the rest of the DST-observing European countries.
Although the formal time of the DST transitions in Moldova has been one hour earlier than Europe, the transitions have in practice been taking place at the same time as Europe since 2022. The new resolution issued by the Moldavian government only formalises the coordination of the transition times with Europe.
Most European countries observe daylight saving time, starting at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of March and ending at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Iceland, Russia and Türkiye do not observe daylight saving time.
Time now in Moldova: time.is/Moldova
The Aysén Region in Chile stays on UTC -3, cancelling the transition to standard time which was scheduled for 6 April, 2025.
", 'body'=>"The decision was made on 20 March, 2025, following a recent poll where 94 % were in favor of permanent daylight saving time.
With this time zone change, Aysén joins Chile's Magallan region and Palmer Station in Antarctica, which have observed UTC -3 permanently since 2016. The rest of Chile alternates between UTC -4 in the winter and UTC -3 in the summer, except Easter Island which alternates between UTC -6 and UTC -5.
Time now in Aysén: time.is/Aysén
Time now in Chile: time.is/Chile
Paraguay has decided to stay on permanent daylight saving time after winter time ends 6 October 2024.
", 'body'=>"The time zone offset for Paraguay will be UTC -3 all year.
Time now in Paraguay: https://time.is/Paraguay
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IP Paraguay | Official press release (in Spanish) | https://www.ip.gov.py/ip/2024/10/04/ejecutivo-confirma-que-promulgara-ley-de-horario-unico-en-el-territorio-paraguayo/", 'tags'=>"Paraguay, DST, permanent summer time, UTC -3", 'meta_description'=>"Paraguay stays on permanent summer time", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/paraguay_stays_on_summer_time" ] ,"/time_zone_news/palestine_stays_on_standard_time_one_week_longer"=>[ 'headline'=>"Palestine stays on standard time one week longer", 'publish_date'=>"2024-02-07 10:50:00", 'summary'=>"Daylight saving time in Palestine will start on 20 April 2024, one week later than expected.
", 'body'=>"Time now in Palestine: Time.is/Palestine
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"", 'tags'=>"Palestine, DST", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/palestine_stays_on_standard_time_one_week_longer" ] ,"/time_zone_news/kazakhstan_goes_from_two_time_zones_to_one"=>[ 'headline'=>"Kazakhstan goes from two time zones to one", 'publish_date'=>"2024-01-20 11:37:00", 'summary'=>"Eastern parts of Kazakhstan which have been observing UTC +6 will on 1 March 2024 change time zone to UTC +5.
", 'body'=>"This will reduce the number of time zones in Kazakhstan to one.
Kazakhstan does not observe daylight saving time.
Time now in Kazakhstan: time.is/Kazakhstan
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.
", 'body'=>"The official time in Lebanon will be UTC +2 until then, although several institutions already switched to Lebanese Daylight Saving Time (UTC +3).
Time now in Lebanon: https://time.is/Lebanon
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"", 'tags'=>"Lebanon, DST, Ramadan", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/lebanon_reverses_dst_postponement" ] ,"/time_zone_news/lebanon_postpones_dst_on_short_notice"=>[ 'headline'=>"Lebanon postpones DST on short notice", 'publish_date'=>"2023-03-23 21:39:00", 'summary'=>"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.
", 'body'=>"The postponement is intended to make fasting easier during Islam's holy month Ramadan.
Time now in Lebanon: https://time.is/Lebanon
Daylight saving time in Palestine will start at 02:00 on 29 April instead of 25 March, 2023.
", 'body'=>"The date change comes with short notice, and will likely cause confusion. If your device shows the wrong time for Palestine, you can change to the time zone of a country that observes UTC +2 all year, like Namibia. Remember to change back to Palestine after daylight saving time starts on 29 April.
Time now in Palestine: https://time.is/Palestine
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"", 'tags'=>"Palestine, DST", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/palestine_postpones_dst_until_after_ramadan" ] ,"/time_zone_news/morocco_will_return_to_utc_1_earlier_than_expected"=>[ 'headline'=>"Morocco will return to UTC +1 earlier than expected", 'publish_date'=>"2023-03-19 10:45:00", 'summary'=>"The government of Morocco decided this week that Morocco will return to UTC +1 on 23 April, 2023, one week earlier than previously presumed.
", 'body'=>"Morocco and Western Sahara observe permanent daylight saving time (WAT / UTC +1), except during Ramadan, when GMT is observed.
Morocco changed to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) at 03:00 on 19 March, 2023 and will change back to West Africa Time (WAT / UTC +1) at 02:00 on 23 April, 2023.
Western Sahara keeps the same time as Morocco.
Time now in Morocco: https://time.is/Morocco
Time now in Western Sahara: https://time.is/Western_Sahara
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) now: https://time.is/GMT
West Africa Time (WAT) now: https://time.is/WAT
Egypt will be observing DST again, starting 28 April 2023.
", 'body'=>"Daylight saving time will be observed from the last Friday of April to last Thursday of October.
Time now in Egypt: https://time.is/Egypt
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA time zone database mailing list | Egypt daylight savings will be back | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2023-March/032598.html", 'tags'=>"Egypt, DST", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/egypt_brings_back_dst" ] ,"/time_zone_news/time_zone_change_in_greenland"=>[ 'headline'=>"Time zone change in Greenland", 'publish_date'=>"2022-11-27 00:00:00", 'summary'=>"Most of Greenland will change time zone to UTC -2 on 25 March 2023.
", 'body'=>"Clocks in Greenland will as usual skip one hour forward on the last Sunday of March, but this year the change will be a change of time zone, rather than the start of daylight saving time. This means that UTC -2 becomes the new standard time in Greenland, while daylight saving time will be UTC -1.
Greenland time will stay on the new standard time UTC -2 for the rest of 2023, and change to UTC -1 when daylight saving time starts in Europe on the last Sunday of March in 2024.
Ittoqqortoormiit and the Thule Air Base will continue to observe DST in the summer. The research station in Danmarkshavn observes GMT.
Ittoqqortoormiit will decide about changing time zone later this year.
Greenland has 4 time zones. Most of Greenland follows the same daylight saving time schedule as Denmark.
Time now in Greenland's capital, Nuuk: https://time.is/Nuuk
Time now in Danmarkshavn: https://time.is/Danmarkshavn
Time now in Ittoqqortoormiit: https://time.is/Ittoqqortoormiit
Time now in Thule Air Base: https://time.is/Thule_Air_Base
This article has been updated to clarify that what seemed like a cancellation of daylight saving time, is actually a time zone change, and that daylight saving time has been cancelled in Greenland only for 2023. Several news sources (including Bloomberg, AP News and IFLscience) have reported that Greenland will no longer have daylight saving time, but this is wrong.
Thule Air Base changed name to Pituffik Space Base in 2023.
Most of Mexico will stop alternating between standard time and daylight saving time after returning to standard time on 30 October 2022.
The state of Chihuahua will stay on UTC -6 permanently. Standard time in Chihuahua was previously UTC -7.
Regions near the US border will still be following the same daylight saving time schedule as the United States.
Time now in Mexico City: https://time.is/Mexico_City
Time now in Chihuaha: https://time.is/Chihuahua
The government of Fiji announced today that Fiji will not change to daylight saving time this year.
", 'body'=>"Daylight saving time in Fiji was expected to start on 13 November. Fiji will instead stay on standard time (UTC +12).
Time now in Fiji: https://time.is/Fiji
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Fijian Government | Statement from the Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations, Youth and Sports | https://www.facebook.com/FijianGovernment/posts/pfbid0mmWVTYmTibn66ybpFda75pDcf34SSpoSaskJW5gXwaKo5Sgc7273Q4fXWc6kQV6Hl", 'tags'=>"Fiji, DST", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/fiji_stays_on_standard_time" ] ,"/time_zone_news/permanent_daylight_saving_time_in_jordan"=>[ 'headline'=>"Permanent daylight saving time in Jordan", 'publish_date'=>"2022-10-05 14:01:00", 'summary'=>"Jordan will be observing daylight saving time on a permanent basis, starting this October.
", 'body'=>"
Time now in Jordan: https://time.is/Jordan
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"arabiaweather.com | A government decision to install daylight saving time in Jordan throughout the year | https://www.arabiaweather.com/en/content/a-government-decision-to-install-daylight-saving-time-in-jordan-throughout-the-year", 'tags'=>"permanent DST, time zone change, Jordan", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/permanent_daylight_saving_time_in_jordan" ] ,"/time_zone_news/permanent_daylight_saving_time_in_syria"=>[ 'headline'=>"Permanent daylight saving time in Syria", 'publish_date'=>"2022-10-05 13:20:00", 'summary'=>"
Syria will be observing daylight saving time on a permanent basis, starting this October.
", 'body'=>"Time now in Syria: https://time.is/Syria
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Sana.sy | (article in Arabic) | https://www.sana.sy/?p=1754885 IANA time zone database mailing list | Syria adopting \"Permanent DST\" | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2022-October/031996.html ", 'tags'=>"permanent DST, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/permanent_daylight_saving_time_in_syria" ] ,"/time_zone_news/palestine_summer_time_will_end_one_day_later_than_expected"=>[ 'headline'=>"Palestine summer time will end one day later than expected", 'publish_date'=>"2022-09-06 11:38:00", 'summary'=>"Daylight Saving Time in Palestine will end at 2 am on 29 October 2022, instead of 2 am on 28 October.
Daylight saving time in Chile will start 11 September 2022, one week later than previously planned.
", 'body'=>"Chile has three time zones. Easter Island has its own time zone, two hours behind the capital Santiago de Chile. Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes, observes daylight saving time all year.
Time now in Chile: https://time.is/Chile
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA time zone database mailing list | DST dates for Chile will change in 2022-2023 | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2022-August/031773.html", 'tags'=>"Chile, DST, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/chile_postpones_dst_one_week" ] ,"/time_zone_news/iran_cancels_daylight_saving_time"=>[ 'headline'=>"Iran cancels daylight saving time", 'publish_date'=>"2022-05-12 09:15:00", 'summary'=>"Iran will not be observing daylight saving time anymore, starting next year.
", 'body'=>"After returning to standard time on 22 September 2022, the time in Iran will stay at UTC +3:30.
Iran has one time zone, and is the only country that uses the time zone offset UTC +3:30.
Time now in Iran: https://time.is/Iran
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA Time Zone Database | Updates on Iranian Time Zone (IRDT) | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2022-May/031400.html", 'tags'=>"Iran, DST, UTC+4:30", 'meta_description'=>"Iran will not be observing daylight saving time anymore, starting next year.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/iran_cancels_daylight_saving_time" ] ,"/time_zone_news/palestine_summer_time_will_start_one_day_later_than_expected"=>[ 'headline'=>"Palestine summer time will start one day later than expected", 'publish_date'=>"2022-03-14 09:40:00", 'summary'=>"Daylight Saving Time in Palestine will start at midnight on 27 March 2022, instead of 26 March.
", 'body'=>"Time now in Palestine: https://time.is/Palestine
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"", 'tags'=>"Palestine, DST change, UTC +2, UTC +3", 'meta_description'=>"Palestine summer time will start one day later than expected", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/palestine_summer_time_will_start_one_day_later_than_expected" ] ,"/time_zone_news/fiji_puts_dst_on_hold"=>[ 'headline'=>"Fiji puts DST on hold", 'publish_date'=>"2021-10-12 14:20:00", 'summary'=>"Fiji has cancelled November's transition to daylight saving time.
", 'body'=>"The transition was scheduled for 14 November, 2021. Fiji time will instead stay on UTC +12, probably until November 2022.
Time now in Fiji: https://time.is/Fiji
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.
", 'body'=>"The new rule states that daylight saving time will start at 24:00 on the last Thursday of February (which is effectively 00:00 on the following Friday).
The switch from daylight saving time to standard time will happen at 01:00 on the last Friday of October, as previously scheduled.
The Kingdom of Jordan has one time zone, keeping Arabia Standard Time (AST / UTC +2) during the winter, and Arabia Daylight Time (ADT / UTC +3) during the summer.
Time in Jordan now: https://time.is/Jordan
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 Sunday 26 September 2021.
", 'body'=>"By canceling daylight saving time Samoa will stay on UTC +13 permanently.
Time in Samoa now: https://time.is/Samoa
Not to be confused with American Samoa.
South Sudan will change time zone from East Africa Time (EAT) to Central Africa Time (CAT) at 00:00 on 1 February, 2021.
", 'body'=>"This changes the time zone offset from UTC +3 to UTC +2.
The change will bring the time in Sudan more in sync with solar time. Solar noon in Juba, South Sudan's capital, is today more than one hour behind noon in South Sudan.
Central Africa Time is also observed by Egypt and Sudan. South Sudan's neighbour to the south, Uganda, observes East Africa Time.
Sudan changed time zone from East Africa Time to Central Africa Time in 2017.
Time now in South Sudan: https://time.is/South_Sudan
Time now in Sudan: https://time.is/Sudan
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.
", 'body'=>"If your computer or phone shows the wrong time for Volgograd, you can set it to the Moscow time zone instead.
Volgograd changed from UTC +3 to UTC +4 in October 2018.
Time now in Volgograd: https://time.is/Volgograd
Time now in Moscow: https://time.is/Moscow
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.
", 'body'=>"Time now in Palestine: https://time.is/Palestine
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Palestine Cabinet | (in Arabic) | http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/portal/Meeting/Details/51584", 'tags'=>"Palestine, DST change, UTC +2, UTC +3", 'meta_description'=>"Palestine ends daylight saving time early", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/palestine_ends_daylight_saving_time_early" ] ,"/time_zone_news/new_start_date_for_dst_in_fiji"=>[ 'headline'=>"New start date for DST in Fiji", 'publish_date'=>"2020-10-08 20:37:00", 'summary'=>"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.
", 'body'=>"Time now in Fiji: https://time.is/Fiji
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"The Laws of Fiji | LN 91 of 2020 | https://www.laws.gov.fj/LawsAsMade", 'tags'=>"Fiji, DST", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/new_start_date_for_dst_in_fiji" ] ,"/time_zone_news/time_zone_corrections_for_australian_antarctic_research_stat"=>[ 'headline'=>"Time zone corrections for Australian Antarctic research stations", 'publish_date'=>"2020-10-08 20:25:00", 'summary'=>"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 00:01. Also, Macquarie Island has been staying in sync with Tasmania since 2011.\"
", 'body'=>"Time now in Casey Station: https://time.is/Casey_Station
Time now in Macquarie Island Station: https://time.is/Macquarie_Island
Time now in Tasmania: https://time.is/Tasmania
The government of Morocco announced on Monday that Morocco will return to UTC +1 on 31 May, 2020, instead of 24 May, 2020.
", 'body'=>"Morocco and Western Sahara observe permanent daylight saving time (WAT / UTC +1), except during Ramadan, when GMT is observed. This year Ramadan in Morocco starts on 24 April and ends on 24 May.
Morocco time will change to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) at 03:00 on 19 April, 2020 and back to West Africa Time (WAT / UTC +1) at 02:00 on 31 May, 2020.
Western Sahara keeps the same time as Morocco.
Time now in Morocco: https://time.is/Morocco
Time now in Western Sahara: https://time.is/Western_Sahara
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) now: https://time.is/GMT
West Africa Time (WAT) now: https://time.is/WAT
See all scheduled time changes for 2020 here: https://time.is/DST_2020
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"mmsp.gov.ma | Retour à l’Heure légale du Royaume (GMT) | https://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/actualites.aspx?id=1940", 'tags'=>"Morocco,Ramadan,GMT,GMT+1,UTC,UTC+1,time change", 'meta_description'=>"Morocco will return to UTC +1 on 31 May, 2020, instead of 24 May, 2020.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/new_date_for_time_change_in_morocco" ] ,"/time_zone_news/yukon_is_cancelling_seasonal_time_changes"=>[ 'headline'=>"Yukon is cancelling seasonal time changes", 'publish_date'=>"2020-03-05 07:48:00", 'summary'=>"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 Pacific Daylight Saving Time.
", 'body'=>"In a survey about seasonal time change made by the goverment of Yukon, 93 per cent of the respondents wanted to stop the time changes. 70 per cent of those opposed to time changes were in favour of permanent Pacific Daylight Time.
Yukon has been alternating between PST (UTC -8) and PDT (UTC -7). After 8 March, 2020, Yukon will be permanently in the PDT (UTC -7) time zone.
Wikipedia about Yukon: \"Yukon is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It has the smallest population of any province or territory in Canada, with a population of 35,874 people. Whitehorse, the territorial capital and Yukon's only city, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories.\" Read more about Yukon on Wikipedia.
Time now in Yukon: https://time.is/Yukon
Pacific Daylight Time now: https://time.is/PDT
Norfolk Island will from 6 October 2019 be alternating between standard time and daylight saving time on the same schedule as Australia.
", 'body'=>"Daylight saving time will be observed from 2 am on the first Sunday of October until 3 am on the first Sunday of April. The new schedule puts Norfolk Island at UTC +12 during the summer season, and UTC +11 during the winter season.
Norfolk Island is an Australian external territory and island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Read more about Norfolk Island on Wikipedia.
Time now in Norfolk Island: https://time.is/Norfolk_Island
Time now in Australia: https://time.is/Australia
Time now in New Zealand: https://time.is/New_Zealand
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Australian Government Federal Register of Legislation | Norfolk Island Standard Time Ordinance 2015 (amended 8 December 2018) | https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019C00010", 'tags'=>"Norfolk Island, DST, Australia, UTC +11, UTC +12", 'meta_description'=>"Norfolk Island will from 6 October 2019 be alternating between standard time and daylight saving time on the same schedule as Australia. ", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/norfolk_island_will_have_daylight_saving_time" ] ,"/time_zone_news/fiji_summer_time_2019-2020_date_change"=>[ 'headline'=>"Fiji summer time 2019-2020 date change", 'publish_date'=>"2019-08-06 19:41:00", 'summary'=>"
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.
", 'body'=>"Daylight saving time in Fiji will start 0200 on 10 November, 2019, and end 0300 on 12 January, 2020. It was previously scheduled to start 3 November, 2019, and end 19 January, 2020.
Time in Fiji: https://time.is/Fiji
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA Time Zone Database mailing list | Fiji DST 2019/2020 | https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2019-August/028402.html", 'tags'=>"Fiji, DST", 'meta_description'=>"Summer time in Fiji will start 10 November, 2019, instead of 3 November, 2019, and end 12 January, 2020, instead of 19 January, 2020.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/fiji_summer_time_2019-2020_date_change" ] ,"/time_zone_news/time-free_island_was_a_marketing_campaign"=>[ 'headline'=>"Time-free island was a marketing campaign", 'publish_date'=>"2019-06-26 08:49:00", 'summary'=>"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.
", 'body'=>"It was reported that \"the island with no time zone\" wanted to declare itself as the world's first time-free zone, and were taking their case to the Norwegian parliament. But although some inhabitants of Sommarøy backed the campaign, the idea was not theirs. NRK.no revealed yesterday that the initiative to make Sommarøy a time-free zone was in fact a carefully planned marketing campaign, hatched by the government-owned Innovation Norway.
The story has been covered in more than 1650 articles in 1479 different media, including CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Independent, Time, El País, La Repubblica, Vanity Fair and Der Spiegel, potentially reaching 1.2 billion people. The value of the coverage is estimated to 11.4 million USD - a pretty good return on investment for Innovation Norway, which spent less than 60,000 USD on the campaign.
Sommarøy will stay on CET/CEST like the rest of Norway, but visitors are still encouraged to leave their clocks at home, as long as they check out of their hotel in time.
Time in Sommarøy now: https://time.is/Sommarøy
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"NRK | Klokkeløse Sommarøy lurte «hele» verden | https://www.nrk.no/troms/klokkelose-sommaroy-lurte-_hele_-verden-1.14599767 NTB | Press release from Innovation Norway (in Norwegian) | https://www.ntbinfo.no/pressemelding/tidsfri-sone-er-blitt-snakkis-i-hele-verden?publisherId=89989&releaseId=17866776 CNN | Norway island wants to be world's first time-free zone | https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/norway-sommaroy-island-time-free-zone/index.html", 'tags'=>"Sommarøy, Norway, midnight sun, CET, CEST, marketing campaign", 'meta_description'=>"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.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/time-free_island_was_a_marketing_campaign" ] ,"/time_zone_news/morocco_will_be_on_gmt_during_ramadan"=>[ 'headline'=>"Morocco will be on GMT during Ramadan", 'publish_date'=>"2019-04-16 21:31:00", 'summary'=>"The Moroccan government announced today that the time in Morocco will be set one hour back for Ramadan.
", 'body'=>"Morocco will switch to GMT before Ramadan, on Sunday, 5 May, 2019 at 03:00 local time, and return to GMT +1 after Ramadan, on Sunday, 9 June, 2019 at 02:00 local time.
Although Morocco decided in October last year to make summer time permanent, it was expected that the time would be changed during Ramadan, as is usual in Morocco. Recently updated computers and mobile devices should therefore handle the time switch correctly.
The time in Western Sahara follows the time in Morocco.
Time now in Morocco: https://time.is/Morocco
Time now in Western Sahara: https://time.is/Western_Sahara
GMT now: https://time.is/GMT
The government of Brazil has announced that there will be no DST in Brazil in 2019.
", 'body'=>"Parts of Brazil were scheduled to observe DST (summer time) from 3 November, 2019 to 16 February 2020. This now seems to be canceled, although no decree has been made yet.
Update 2019-04-26: The president's decree was published today, making the cancelation official.
Brazil has four time zones.
Time now in Brazil: https://time.is/Brazil
Time now in Rio de Janeiro: https://time.is/Rio_de_Janeiro
Palestine summer time will start at 00:00 on 29 March instead of the presumed transition date, 23 March 2019.
", 'body'=>"If your device is set to the Palestinian time zone, you can make it show the correct time by changing the time zone to Beirut until the actual transition time on 29 March.
Update: The transition time will take place on 29 March at 00:00, not 30 March at 01:00 as previously reported.
Time now in Palestine: https://time.is/Palestine
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA Time Zone Database Mailinglist | DST in Palestine will start one week later | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2019-March/027801.html Palestine News Network | (in Arabic) | http://pnn.ps/news/401130 Palestine Cabinet | (PDF in Arabic) | http://palestinecabinet.gov.ps/Website/AR/NDecrees/ViewFile.ashx?ID=e54e9ea1-50ee-4137-84df-0d6c78da259b ", 'tags'=>"Palestine, DST change, UTC +2, UTC +3, Beirut", 'meta_description'=>"Palestine summer time will start on 29 March instead of 23 March 2019.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/palestine_starts_summer_time_one_week_late" ] ,"/time_zone_news/annette_island_will_follow_alaska_standard_time"=>[ 'headline'=>"Annette Island will follow Alaska Standard Time", 'publish_date'=>"2019-01-11 21:06:00", 'summary'=>"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.
", 'body'=>"Annette Island will observe UTC -9 permanently until further notice.
The previous time zone change for Annette Island came only ten weeks ago.
Time now on Annette Island: https://time.is/Annette_Island
Alaska Standard Time now: https://time.is/AKST
Time in São Tomé and Príncipe will be changed back to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC +0) at 0200 on 1 January, 2019.
", 'body'=>"The time zone change reverses the change from one year ago, when São Tomé and Príncipe changed time zone from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC +0) to West Africa Time (WAT, UTC +1).
Time in São Tomé and Príncipe now: https://time.is/São_Tomé_and_Príncipe
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"STP Press | Governo de Jesus já decidiu repor a hora legal são-tomense (Portuguese) | https://www.stp-press.st/2018/12/05/governo-jesus-ja-decidiu-repor-hora-legal-sao-tomense/", 'tags'=>"São Tomé and Príncipe, GMT, UTC +0, WAT, UTC +1, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"São Tomé and Príncipe will revert to GMT on 1 January, 2019.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/sao_tome_and_principe_will_revert_to_gmt" ] ,"/time_zone_news/qyzylorda_changed_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"Qyzylorda changed time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2018-12-22 21:14:00", 'summary'=>"
Qyzylorda in Kazakhstan changed time zone from UTC +6 to UTC +5 at midnight on 21 December, 2018.
", 'body'=>"Time in Qyzylorda now: https://time.is/Qyzylorda
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Adilet.zan.kz | Government decree (in Russian) | http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P1800000817", 'tags'=>"Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan, time zone change, UTC +5, UTC +6", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/qyzylorda_changed_time_zone" ] ,"/time_zone_news/annette_island_stayed_on_summer_time"=>[ 'headline'=>"Annette Island stayed on summer time", 'publish_date'=>"2018-11-07 12:01:00", 'summary'=>"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.
", 'body'=>"Annette Island will observe UTC -8 permanently until further notice.
Time now on Annette Island: https://time.is/Annette_Island
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Metlakatla's Facebook page | Official notice | https://www.facebook.com/141055983004923/photos/pb.141055983004923.-2207520000.1541465673./569081370202380/?type=3&theater", 'tags'=>"Metlakatla, Annette Island, Alaska, time zone change, UTC -8, UTC -9", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/annette_island_stayed_on_summer_time" ] ,"/time_zone_news/morocco_makes_summer_time_permanent"=>[ 'headline'=>"Morocco makes summer time permanent", 'publish_date'=>"2018-10-26 23:11:00", 'summary'=>"Morocco has decided to stay on UTC +1 permanently. The decision comes two days before the summer time was scheduled to end.
", 'body'=>"The short notice will surely cause many computers and mobile devices to show the wrong time. If your device shows the wrong time for Morocco, you can use the time zone for Algeria instead. Algeria observes West Africa Time (UTC +1) all year, just like Morocco now will.
Time in Morocco now: https://time.is/Morocco
Time in Algeria now: https://time.is/Algeria
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"mmsp.gov.ma | (Government page in Arabian) | http://mmsp.gov.ma/ar/actualites.aspx?id=1598", 'tags'=>"Morocco, time change, permanent summer time, Algeria, UTC +1", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/morocco_makes_summer_time_permanent" ] ,"/time_zone_news/brazil_postpones_summer_time_two_more_weeks"=>[ 'headline'=>"Brazil postpones summer time two more weeks", 'publish_date'=>"2018-10-04 16:38:00", 'summary'=>"
Summer time in Brazil will start on 18 November instead of 4 November, 2018.
", 'body'=>"The postponement comes at the request of the Ministry of Education, in an effort to avoid clock change on the night before the national high school examination on 4 November. (We wonder how many students will show up one hour early for the test, as a result of mobile phones showing the wrong time.)
The start date had already been postponed two weeks in a decision last year.
Brazil has four time zones. Daylight Saving Time is observed in two of them.
Update: The government changed their mind, and the summer time start date is now 4 November, 2018.
Time in Brazil now: https://time.is/Brazil
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"terra.com.br | Governo adia horário de verão para 18 de novembro | https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/brasil/politica/governo-adia-horario-de-verao-para-18-de-novembro,97466a349b7b0609940e4768ae278f85c074wqth.html", 'tags'=>"Brazil, DST, summer time, postponement", 'meta_description'=>"Summer time in Brazil will start on 18 November instead of 4 November, 2018.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/brazil_postpones_summer_time_two_more_weeks" ] ,"/time_zone_news/turkey_makes_summer_time_permanent"=>[ 'headline'=>"Turkey makes summer time permanent", 'publish_date'=>"2018-10-02 17:38:00", 'summary'=>"President Erdoğan has decided that Turkey will stay on summer time (UTC +3) all year, every year.
", 'body'=>"Previous decisions to stay on UTC +3 have been temporary, and Turkish media recently speculated that summer time would end 28 October, 2018. Yesterday's decision makes it clear that there will be no time change.
Time in Turkey: https://time.is/Turkey
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"resmigazete.gov.tr | (PDF in Turkish) | http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2018/10/20181002-7.pdf", 'tags'=>"Turkey, summer time, UTC +3", 'meta_description'=>"President Erdoğan decided today that Turkey will stay on summer time (UTC +3) all year, every year.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/turkey_makes_summer_time_permanent" ] ,"/time_zone_news/volgograd_will_jump_one_hour_ahead"=>[ 'headline'=>"Volgograd will jump one hour ahead", 'publish_date'=>"2018-10-01 08:15:00", 'summary'=>"Volgograd is likely to change time zone from UTC+3 to UTC+4 at 0200 local time on 28 October, 2018.
", 'body'=>"Although the time zone change has not yet been given the final stamp of approval, it will probably pass the Federation Council on 3 October, and then be signed by the President and published into law a week or so later.
It can take many months for a time zone change to reach consumer devices. If your computer or phone shows the wrong time for Volgograd, you can set it to the Samara time zone instead. Samara observes UTC+4 all year, just like Volgograd is expected to after 28 October, 2018.
Update: The law has now been signed and published, and the change will go ahead on 28 October.
Time in Volgograd: https://time.is/Volgograd
Time in Samara: https://time.is/Samara
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.
", 'body'=>"President Jean-Claude Juncker of the European Commission confirmed in his State of the Union speech yesterday that the EU intends to put an end to the switching back and forth between summer- and winter time.
\"Clock-changing must stop. Member States should themselves decide whether their citizens live in summer- or wintertime\", Juncker said.
In a consultation which ran between 4 July and 16 August 2018, 84% of the respondents were in favour of abolishing seasonal clock changes. 4.6 million EU citizens voted in the consultation, the highest number of responses ever in any European Commission public consultation.
\"The European Commission is proposing to end seasonal clock changes in Europe in 2019, giving Member States the freedom to decide once and for all whether they want to permanently apply summer- or wintertime.\", the European Commission writes in a press release.
Source: State of the Union 2018 subpage on Seasonal Clock Changes.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"", 'tags'=>"EU, CET, DST, clock change, time zone change, summer time, winter time", 'meta_description'=>"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.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/end_of_seasonal_clock_changes_in_the_eu" ] ,"/time_zone_news/north_korea_will_change_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"North Korea will change time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2018-04-29 13:58:00", 'summary'=>"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.
", 'body'=>"North Korea changed from UTC +9 to UTC +8:30 on 15 August, 2015. It is the only country in the Pyongyang time zone.
Update: The change will occur on 5 May, 2018, presumably at midnight local time.
Time now in North Korea: https://time.is/North_Korea
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"AP News | N. Korea to close nuke test site in May, unify time zone | https://apnews.com/301adfec088647c1b1cbc69eb4b0949a Yonhap News (in Korean) | 남북, 30분 시차 없어진다…서울 표준시로 통일 합의 | http://m.yna.co.kr/kr/contents/?cid=AKR20180429018500001 IANA Time Zone Database Mailinglist | North Korea to match South Korea's time zone | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-April/026422.html", 'tags'=>"North Korea, South Korea, Japan, time zone change, UTC +8:30, UTC +9, Pyongyang Time, PYT", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/north_korea_will_change_time_zone" ] ,"/time_zone_news/palestine_starts_summer_time_one_week_early"=>[ 'headline'=>"Palestine starts summer time one week early", 'publish_date'=>"2018-03-16 19:42:00", 'summary'=>"Palestine summer time will start on 24 March instead of 31 March 2018.
", 'body'=>"Time now in Palestine: https://time.is/Palestine
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA Time Zone Database Mailing List | Palestine summer time 2018 | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-March/026347.html", 'tags'=>"Palestine, DST change, UTC +2, UTC +3", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/palestine_starts_summer_time_one_week_early" ] ,"/time_zone_news/casey_station_changed_time_zone_again"=>[ 'headline'=>"Casey Station changed time zone again", 'publish_date'=>"2018-03-16 19:33:00", 'summary'=>"Casey Station changed time zone on 11 March 2018 to UTC +8.
", 'body'=>"Casey Station was previously observing UTC +11.
Casey Station is a research base in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division.
Time in Casey Station: https://time.is/Casey_Station
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA Time Zone Database Mailing List | Casey time zone change | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-March/026339.html", 'tags'=>"UTC +8, UTC +11, time zone station, Casey Station", 'meta_description'=>"Casey Station changed time zone on 11 March 2018 to UTC +8.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/casey_station_changed_time_zone_again" ] ,"/time_zone_news/sao_tome_and_principe_changed_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"São Tomé and Príncipe changed time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2018-01-08 17:56:00", 'summary'=>"São Tomé and Príncipe changed time zone to West Africa Time (WAT, UTC +1) on 1 January 2018.
", 'body'=>"São Tomé and Príncipe previously observed Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC +0).
Time in São Tomé and Príncipe now: https://time.is/São_Tomé_and_Príncipe
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA Time Zone Database Mailing List | Sao Tome Principe change of time zone | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2018-January/025801.html stp-press.st (in Portuguese) | São-Tomé e Príncipe vai mudar hora a partir de 2018 | http://www.stp-press.st/2017/12/23/sao-tome-e-principe-vai-mudar-hora-a-partir-de-2018/", 'tags'=>"São Tomé and Príncipe changed time zone, GMT, WAT, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/sao_tome_and_principe_changed_time_zone" ] ,"/time_zone_news/new_start_date_for_dst_in_brazil"=>[ 'headline'=>"New start date for DST in Brazil", 'publish_date'=>"2017-12-18 14:09:00", 'summary'=>"
Daylight Saving Time in Brazil will from 2018 be starting on the first Sunday of November, instead of the third Sunday of October.
", 'body'=>"The delayed DST is believed to increase participation in the elections next year.
Brazil has four time zones. Daylight Saving Time is observed in two of them.
Time in Brazil now: https://time.is/Brazil
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Imprensa Nacional (in Portuguese) | DECRETO Nº 9.242, DE 15 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2017 | http://www.imprensanacional.gov.br/consulta?p_p_id=101&p_p_state=maximized&_101_struts_action=%2Fasset_publisher%2Fview_content&_101_assetEntryId=1101381&_101_type=content IANA Time Zone Database Mailing List | Brazil moves DST start to November | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-December/025779.html EXAME (in Portuguese) | Por eleição, Temer reduz período de horário de verão de 2018 | https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/por-eleicao-temer-reduz-periodo-de-horario-de-verao-de-2018/", 'tags'=>"Brazil, DST, date change", 'meta_description'=>"Daylight Saving Time in Brazil will from 2018 be starting on the first Sunday of November", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/new_start_date_for_dst_in_brazil" ] ,"/time_zone_news/turkey_falls_back_on_utc__2_next_year"=>[ 'headline'=>"Turkey falls back on UTC +2 next year", 'publish_date'=>"2017-10-28 15:01:00", 'summary'=>"Turkey will again be switching between standard time and daylight saving time, starting 28 October, 2018.
", 'body'=>"Turkey decided last year to keep UTC +3 all year, and although this decision was annulled one month ago, Turkey will not be switching to winter time in 2017.
Update: The switch back to UTC +2 has been cancelled, and Turkey will remain on UTC +3.
Time in Turkey: https://time.is/Turkey
Time.is in Turkish: https://saatkac.info.tr/
Daylight Saving Time (DST) will not be observed in Tonga this year, according to Paula Ma'ú, Secretary for Information & Communications of Tonga.
", 'body'=>"Tonga reintroduced DST in 2016.
Time in Tonga: https://time.is/Tonga
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA tzdb | Guess that Tonga has canceled DST | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-October/025388.html", 'tags'=>"Tonga, DST, cancellation", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/no_dst_in_tonga" ] ,"/time_zone_news/new_start_date_for_fiji_standard_time"=>[ 'headline'=>"New start date for Fiji standard time", 'publish_date'=>"2017-10-26 18:54:00", 'summary'=>"Fiji will switch from Daylight Saving Time (UTC +13) to standard time (UTC +12) on 14 January instead of 21 January, 2018.
", 'body'=>"Time in Fiji: https://time.is/Fiji
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA tzdb | 2017c release of tz code and data available | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2017-October/000047.html", 'tags'=>"", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"Fiji, DST, UTC +12, UTC +13", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/new_start_date_for_fiji_standard_time" ] ,"/time_zone_news/northern_cyprus_will_have_winter_time_again"=>[ 'headline'=>"Northern Cyprus will have winter time again", 'publish_date'=>"2017-10-18 12:56:00", 'summary'=>"Northern Cyprus will again be observing winter time, starting 29 October, 2017.
", 'body'=>"Time in Northern Cyprus: https://time.is/Northern_Cyprus
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA Time Zone Database | Northern Cyprus to reintroduce winter time | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-October/025336.html Cyprus Mail | Cyprus to remain united in time | https://cyprus-mail.com/2017/10/17/cyprus-remain-united-time/", 'tags'=>"Northern Cyprus, time zone change, winter time, daylight saving time, DST, summer time, UTC +2, UTC +3, Turkey", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/northern_cyprus_will_have_winter_time_again" ] ,"/time_zone_news/sudan_changes_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"Sudan changes time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2017-10-18 10:34:00", 'summary'=>"Sudan will change time zone from UTC +3 to UTC +2 on 1 November 2017.
", 'body'=>"The exact time of the change is unclear, and it is unknown if South Sudan also will change time zone.
The time zone change was announced only two weeks before the change will occur.
If your mobile phone or computer is set to Sudan's time zone and it shows the wrong time, you can change time zone to Egypt. Egypt observes UTC +2 all year.
Time in Sudan: https://time.is/Sudan
Time in South Sudan: https://time.is/South_Sudan
Turkey's Council of State has ruled last year's decision to keep UTC +3 all year invalid. With the all-year daylight saving time now cancelled, Turkey may fall back on winter time again on 29 October, unless a new decree is issued.
", 'body'=>"Turkey cancelled winter time on 8 September 2016, and has been observing UTC +3 since March 2016. With some exceptions, Turkey has in recent years stayed in sync with Europe's DST policy, observing daylight saving time from the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October.
The annulment of last year's time change came after a case was filed by parents who were concerned that their children had to go to school in the dark as a consequence of Turkey having summer time all year.
Time in Turkey: https://time.is/Turkey
Time.is in Turkish: https://saatkac.info.tr/
Update: Turkey will stay on UTC +3 in 2017, but falls back on UTC +2 in 2018.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey’s Council of State rules for stay of execution on gov’t decision to keep summer hours year-round | http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-council-of-state-rules-for-stay-of-execution-on-govt-decision-to-keep-summer-hours-year-round.aspx?pageID=238&nID=118456&NewsCatID=341 CNN Turk (Turkish) | Yaz saati uygulaması için yürütmeyi durdurma kararı | https://www.cnnturk.com/ekonomi/turkiye/son-dakika-yaz-saati-uygulamasi-icin-yurutmeyi-durdurma-karari Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey to continue year-round daylight saving despite court ruling | http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-to-continue-year-round-daylight-saving-despite-court-ruling-120090", 'tags'=>"Turkey, time zone change, DST, UTC +3", 'meta_description'=>"Turkey's Council of State has ruled last year's decision to keep UTC +3 all year invalid. With the all-year daylight saving time now cancelled, Turkey may fall back on winter time again on 29 October, unless a new decree is issued.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/turkey_may_get_winter_time_again" ] ,"/time_zone_news/permanent_summer_time_in_namibia"=>[ 'headline'=>"Permanent summer time in Namibia", 'publish_date'=>"2017-08-09 15:59:00", 'summary'=>"Namibia will change time zone and permanently observe Central African Time (UTC +2), probably from 3 September 2017.
", 'body'=>"Namibia has been observing West Africa Time (UTC +1) in the winter and West Africa Summer Time (UTC +2) in the summer since 1994.
Time now in Namibia: https://time.is/Namibia
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"nbc.na | NA passes Namibia Time Bill repealing 1994 Namibia Time Act | https://www.nbc.na/news/na-passes-namibia-time-bill-repealing-1994-namibia-time-act.8665 newera.com | Namibia’s winter time might be repealed | https://www.newera.com.na/2017/02/23/namibias-winter-time-might-be-repealed/ IANA Time Zone Database mailinglist | Namibia to change time zone/go permanent DST | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-August/025216.html", 'tags'=>"Namibia, DST, summer time, UTC +1, UTC +2, WAT, WAST, CAT, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"Namibia will change time zone and permanently observe Central African Time (UTC +2), probably from 3 September 2017.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/permanent_summer_time_in_namibia" ] ,"/time_zone_news/turks_and_caicos_islands_will_reinstate_dst"=>[ 'headline'=>"Turks and Caicos Islands will reinstate DST", 'publish_date'=>"2017-07-23 20:09:00", 'summary'=>"Daylight Saving Time will be reinstated in Turks and Caicos Islands in 2018. Details are not yet available.
", 'body'=>"Turks and Caicos Islands has been on constant Atlantic Standard Time (AST / UTC -4) since 2015.
Time in Turks and Caicos Islands now: https://time.is/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands
Update: The date for the switch is presumed to be 4 November, 2018.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Magnetic Media | PDM to reinstate Daylight Savings Time | http://magneticmediatv.com/2017/07/pdm-to-reinstate-daylight-savings-time/", 'tags'=>"Turks and Caicos Islands, DST, AST, UTC -4, UTC -3", 'meta_description'=>"Daylight Saving Time will be reinstated in Turks and Caicos Islands in 2018. Details are not yet available.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/turks_and_caicos_islands_will_reinstate_dst" ] ,"/time_zone_news/summer_time_is_back_in_haiti"=>[ 'headline'=>"Summer time is back in Haiti", 'publish_date'=>"2017-03-12 22:59:00", 'summary'=>"Haiti switched back to daylight saving time today.
", 'body'=>"The decision was apparently made on Friday, ie. only two days before the time change.
In 2016 DST in Haiti was cancelled, also then with only two days notice.
Time in Haiti: https://time.is/Haiti
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Haiti Libre | Time change in Haiti | https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20319-haiti-notices-time-change-in-haiti.html IANA time zone mailing list | Haiti on DST again | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2017-March/024903.html", 'tags'=>"Haiti, DST, summer time, UTC-5, UTC-4, short notice", 'meta_description'=>"Haiti switched back to daylight saving time on short notice.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/summer_time_is_back_in_haiti" ] ,"/time_zone_news/mongolia_cancels_daylight_saving_time"=>[ 'headline'=>"Mongolia cancels daylight saving time", 'publish_date'=>"2017-02-09 19:38:00", 'summary'=>"DST in Mongolia was scheduled to start on 25 March, 2017.
", 'body'=>"The cancellation affects both of Mongolia's time zones, Asia/Ulaanbaatar and Asia/Hovd.
Time now in Mongolia:
https://time.is/Mongolia
https://time.is/Hovd
Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes, will be observing daylight saving time all year. Magallanes is currently observing DST, and the transition back to standard time, scheduled for 14 May, 2017, has been cancelled.
", 'body'=>"Magallanes is 3 hours behind UTC.
Magallanes will need its own time zone id in the IANA time zone database. It will be named America/Punta_Arenas, after the largest city of the region.
Chile (including Easter Island) will after the change have a total of 3 time zones.
Chile reintroduced DST in 2016.
Time now in Magallanes: https://time.is/Magallanes,_Chile
Time now in Chile: https://time.is/Chile
Time now on Easter Island: https://time.is/Easter_Island
Saratov will change time zone from UTC +3 (Moscow Standard Time) to UTC +4 at 02:00 on 4 December, 2016.
", 'body'=>"The time zone change got the final approval yesterday, only 18 days before the change will take place.
If your device shows the wrong time for Saratov after the time zone change, you can change time zone to Samara, which is also in UTC +4.
Time now in Saratov: http://time.is/Saratov
Time now in Samara: http://time.is/Samara
Northern Cyprus has followed Turkey's decision of not returning to winter time on 30 October, 2016. This sets the Turkey-controlled part of Cyprus one hour ahead of the rest of Cyprus when winter time is observed in the rest of Cyprus.
", 'body'=>"The Cabinet of Northern Cyprus decided in September that Northern Cyprus would copy Turkey and keep summer time all year. A conflicting statement from the UN later made it uncertain whether the time zone split would go ahead. Last night it was clear that Northern Cyprus had indeed followed Turkey's lead.
See also: Turkey to keep permanent DST
Time in Northern Cyprus: http://time.is/Northern_Cyprus
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"CyprusMail | Cyprus to have two time zones, north to follow Turkey in refusing to turn clocks back | http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/08/two-time-zones-cyprus-turkey-will-not-turn-clocks-back-next-month/#disqus_thread CyprusMail | UN: two sides will decide when and how to address time zone problem | http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/09/09/un-two-sides-will-decide-address-time-zone-problem/ CyprusMail | Cyprus’ new division: two time zones now a reality | http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/10/30/cyprus-new-division-two-time-zones-now-reality/ LGC News | Clocks will not go back in North Cyprus | http://www.lgcnews.com/clocks-will-not-go-back-in-north-cyprus/", 'tags'=>"Northern Cyprus, Cyprus, Turkey, UTC +2, UTC +3, DST, winter time, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/cyprus_split_into_two_time_zones" ] ,"/time_zone_news/casey_station_changed_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"Casey Station changed time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2016-10-28 13:04:00", 'summary'=>"Australia's Antarctic station Casey changed time zone from UTC+8 to UTC+11 on 22 October 2016.
", 'body'=>"", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA tz mailing list | Casey time zone change | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-October/024388.html", 'tags'=>"Casey Station, UTC +8, UTC +11, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/casey_station_changed_time_zone" ] ,"/time_zone_news/tonga_reintroduces_dst"=>[ 'headline'=>"Tonga reintroduces DST", 'publish_date'=>"2016-10-27 09:03:00", 'summary'=>"Tonga will be observing daylight saving time from 0200 on 6 November 2016. Time will change from UTC +13 to UTC +14.
", 'body'=>"The decision was made by the Cabinet of Tonga on 21 October 2016, and announced by the Ministry of Information & Communications of Tonga on 26 October 2016, only 11 days before the time change. Tonga will return to winter time at 0300 on 15 January 2017.
By observing DST, Tonga will stay in sync one hour ahead of Fiji. The neighbouring countries Samoa and New Zealand also keep DST during summer, but for a longer period.
DST has not been observed in Tonga since 2002.
Time now in Tonga: http://time.is/Tonga
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Ministry of Information & Communications | Daylight Saving set to run from 6 November 2016 to 15 January 2017 | http://mic.gov.to/news-today/press-releases/6375-daylight-saving-set-to-run-from-6-november-2016-to-15-january-2017 Tonga Prime Minister's Office | Daylight Saving set to run from 6 November 2016 to 15 January 2017 | http://www.pmo.gov.to/daylight-saving-set-to-run-from-6-november-2016-to-15-january-2017/ ", 'tags'=>"DST, time change, Tonga, UTC +13, UTC +14", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/tonga_reintroduces_dst" ] ,"/time_zone_news/wrong_time_in_palestine"=>[ 'headline'=>"Smartphones and computers will show the wrong time in Palestine for eight days", 'publish_date'=>"2016-10-19 21:03:00", 'summary'=>"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 transition time of 00:00 21 October 2016 EEST.
", 'body'=>"The new transition time was decided in March 2016, but with no English translation and no notification to the maintainers of the time zone database, the time zone database has not been updated with the new transition time. Consequently billions of computers, smartphones and other devices that rely on the IANA time zone database for time zone rules, will have the wrong time for Palestine between 00:00 21 October 2016 and 01:00 29 October 2016 EEST.
If your device is set to the Palestinian time zone, you can make it show the correct time by changing the time zone to Asia/Istanbul until the actual transition time on 29 October.
For the correct time in Palestine, see time.is/Palestine.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Palestine Cabinet | Decree in Arabic (PDF) | http://www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps/WebSite/Upload/Decree/GOV_17/16032016134830.pdf Pal24 | Palestinian news site (Arabic) | http://www.pal24.net/news/90179.html", 'tags'=>"Palestine, DST, IANA, tzdb, UTC +3, EEST, EET", 'meta_description'=>"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 transition time of 00:00 21 October 2016 EEST.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/wrong_time_in_palestine" ] ,"/time_zone_news/turkey_to_keep_permanent_dst"=>[ 'headline'=>"Turkey to keep permanent DST", 'publish_date'=>"2016-09-08 08:20:00", 'summary'=>"Turkey will stay on DST, canceling October's transition back to UTC +2 standard time.
", 'body'=>"The decision was announced this morning in Turkey's official Resmi Gazette, in a decree signed by the president of Turkey.
Turkey will be observing a constant UTC +3.
Time in Turkey: https://time.is/Turkey
Time.is in Turkish: https://saatkac.info.tr/
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.
", 'body'=>"The last time a leap second was added, was in June 2015.
Leap seconds are inserted or removed when necessary to keep UTC within one second of mean solar time (UT1). Irregularities in the rotation of the Earth cause mean solar time to deviate from UTC. Without leap seconds, UTC time would slowly drift apart from mean solar time.
There has been a discussion about abolishing the leap second. The fate of the leap second will come up for review again in 2023.
You can watch the leap second occur on the Time.is leap second page.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) | 6 July 2016 leap second bulletin | https://datacenter.iers.org/web/guest/eop/-/somos/5Rgv/latest/16", 'tags'=>"leap second, 2016, IERS", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/2016_will_end_with_a_leap_second" ] ,"/time_zone_news/egypt_cancels_reintroduction_of_dst"=>[ 'headline'=>"Egypt cancels reintroduction of DST", 'publish_date'=>"2016-07-04 14:04:00", 'summary'=>"Egypt's Cabinet has decided to cancel the reintroduction of daylight saving time (DST), which was scheduled for 7 July 2016.
", 'body'=>"Time now in Egypt: https://time.is/Egypt
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Middle East News Agency | Summer time not be enforced | http://www.mena.org.eg/en/section/EnglishEgypt/", 'tags'=>"Egypt, DST, UTC +2", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/egypt_cancels_reintroduction_of_dst" ] ,"/time_zone_news/egypt_brings_back_daylight_saving_time"=>[ 'headline'=>"Egypt brings back daylight saving time", 'publish_date'=>"2016-04-29 15:06:00", 'summary'=>"Egypt's Cabinet announced yesterday that Egypt will be observing daylight saving time (DST) again from 7 July 2016.
", 'body'=>"Time in Egypt will be advanced one hour from UTC +2 to UTC +3. The exact end date is unknown, other than \"the end of October\".
Time now in Egypt: https://time.is/Egypt
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Nile International | Daylight savings time returning to Egypt on 7 July | http://www.nileinternational.net/en/?p=25806 IANA tz mailing list | Egypt to have DST again | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-April/023614.html", 'tags'=>"Egypt, DST, UTC +2, UTC +3", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/egypt_brings_back_daylight_saving_time" ] ,"/time_zone_news/tomsk_changes_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"Tomsk changes time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2016-04-27 11:09:00", 'summary'=>"The Russian region Tomsk will change time zone from UTC +6 to UTC +7 at 2 am on 29 May, 2016.
", 'body'=>"The time zone change was signed by the Russian president on 26 April, 2016.
Time in Tomsk: http://time.is/Tomsk
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"IANA tz mailing list | Tomsk to change time zone on May 29, 2016 | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-April/023578.html Kremlin.ru | (in Russian) | http://kremlin.ru/acts/news/51794 pravo.gov.ru | (in Russian) | http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201604260048", 'tags'=>"Tomsk, Russia, time zone change, UTC +6, UTC +7", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/tomsk_changes_time_zone" ] ,"/time_zone_news/el_nino_makes_venezuela_jump_to_a_new_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"El Niño makes Venezuela jump to a new time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2016-04-16 08:07:00", 'summary'=>"Time in Venezuela will be set half an hour ahead at 02:30 on 1 May 2016 local time.
", 'body'=>"El Niño has caused a severe drought in Venezuela, which is highly dependent on hydroelectric power. The time change is intended to help reduce power consumption.
Venezuela is currently one of 11 countries observing a half-hour time zone offset, and the only country to observe the time zone offset UTC -4:30. From 1 May Venezuela will share time zone with most of the Caribbean countries, at UTC -4.
Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is currently almost exactly aligned with apparent solar time.
Time in Venezuela: http://time.is/Venezuela
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Noticia Al Dia | (in Spanish) | http://noticiaaldia.com/2016/04/venezuela-adelantara-media-hora-los-relojes-desde-el-1-de-mayo/ RT | (in Spanish) | https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/204758-venezuela-modificar-huso-horario-sequia-elnino", 'tags'=>"Venezuela, South America, El Niño, UTC -4:30, UTC -4, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/el_nino_makes_venezuela_jump_to_a_new_time_zone" ] ,"/time_zone_news/azerbaijan_cancels_daylight_saving_time"=>[ 'headline'=>"Azerbaijan cancels daylight saving time", 'publish_date'=>"2016-03-17 16:36:00", 'summary'=>"The scheduled switch to DST on Sunday, 27 March 2016 in Azerbaijan has been cancelled. Azerbaijan will instead stay on UTC+4 all year.
", 'body'=>"Tme in Azerbaijan: http://time.is/Azerbaijan
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"azernews.az | Azerbaijan cancels daylight saving time | http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/94137.html", 'tags'=>"DST, Azerbaijan, Asia, UTC +4", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/azerbaijan_cancels_daylight_saving_time" ] ,"/time_zone_news/chile_reintroduces_dst"=>[ 'headline'=>"Chile reintroduces DST", 'publish_date'=>"2016-03-13 20:52:00", 'summary'=>"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 00:00 on 14 August 2016, changing time in Chile to UTC -3.
", 'body'=>"Chile used to observe DST every year until a permanent UTC offset of -3 was introduced in 2015.
Time in Chile: http://time.is/Chile
Time on Easter Island: http://time.is/Easter_Island
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"soychile | (in Spanish) | http://www.soychile.cl/Santiago/Sociedad/2016/03/13/380779/Vuelve-el-horario-de-invierno-a-partir-de-la-segunda-semana-de-mayo.aspx IANA timezone database mailing list | | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-March/023428.html", 'tags'=>"DST, Chile, UTC -3, UTC -4", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/chile_reintroduces_dst" ] ,"/time_zone_news/haiti_cancels_daylight_saving_time_with_two_days_notice"=>[ 'headline'=>"Haiti cancels daylight saving time with two days notice", 'publish_date'=>"2016-03-12 19:04:00", 'summary'=>"The planned change to daylight saving time in Haiti at 2 am local time on 13 March 2016 has been cancelled.
", 'body'=>"For the current time in Haiti, see time.is/Haiti
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"anmwe.com | (in French) | http://news.anmwe.com/haiti-lheure-nationale-ne-sera-ni-avancee-ni-reculee-cette-annee/ ", 'tags'=>"DST, Haiti, North America, Caribia", 'meta_description'=>"Haiti cancels daylight saving time with two days notice", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/haiti_cancels_daylight_saving_time_with_two_days_notice" ] ,"/time_zone_news/upcoming_changes_in_russian_time_zones"=>[ 'headline'=>"Upcoming changes in Russian time zones", 'publish_date'=>"2016-01-03 09:24:00", 'summary'=>"The Russian territory of Transbaikalia will change time zone from UTC +8 to UTC +9 at 2 am on March 27, 2016.
", 'body'=>"Six other Russian regions have requested a change of time zone, and are awaiting approval. Ulyanovsk Oblast and Astrakhan Oblast have applied for a change from UTC+3 to UTC+4, Altai_Krai and Altai Republic from UTC+6 to UTC+7, and Zabaykalsky Krai and Magadan from UTC+10 to UTC+11.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Russia's official internet-portal of legal information | (in Russian) | http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201512300107?index=0&rangeSize=1 IANA mailing list | 7 regions in Russia submitted draft bills to change their time zones | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-January/023050.html", 'tags'=>"time zone change, Russia", 'meta_description'=>"The Russian territory of Transbaikalia will change time zone from UTC +8 to UTC +9 at 2 am on March 27, 2016.", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/upcoming_changes_in_russian_time_zones" ] ,"/time_zone_news/the_leap_second_stays_another_8_years"=>[ 'headline'=>"The leap second stays another 8 years", 'publish_date'=>"2015-11-20 10:32:00", 'summary'=>"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 studies are required on the impact and application of a future reference time-scale\".
", 'body'=>"Leap seconds are inserted or removed when necessary to keep UTC within one second of mean solar time (UT1). Irregularities in the rotation of the Earth cause mean solar time to deviate from UTC. Without leap seconds, UTC time would slowly drift apart from mean solar time.
From a computer scientist's point of view it is desirable to keep the number of seconds in a day constant. Leap seconds inserted at irregular intervals need special handling and is a potential source of errors.
The last leap second occured on 30 June 2015.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"ITU | Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to retain \"leap second\" | http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2015/53.aspx Wikipedia | Leap Second | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second", 'tags'=>"leap second, UTC, UT1", 'meta_description'=>"The decision of whether to abolish leap seconds from civil time, has been deferred until 2023.", 'meta_keywords'=>"leap second, UTC, UT1", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/the_leap_second_stays_another_8_years" ] ,"/time_zone_news/annette_island_changes_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"Annette Island changes time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2015-11-10 19:23:00", 'summary'=>"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.
", 'body'=>"Annette Island was until 1 November 2015 the only location in Alaska to observe UTC-8 all year.
Although geographically stretching over three time zones, most of Alaska observes the same time, alternating between Alaska Standard Time (UTC-9) and Alaska Daylight Time (UTC-8).
The western Aleutian Islands are one hour behind the rest of the state.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"KRBD | | http://www.krbd.org/2015/10/30/annette-island-times-they-are-a-changing/", 'tags'=>"Metlakatla, Annette Island, Alaska, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/annette_island_changes_time_zone" ] ,"/time_zone_news/turkeys_dst_extension_is_now_official"=>[ 'headline'=>"Turkey's DST extension is now official", 'publish_date'=>"2015-10-01 00:00:00", 'summary'=>"", 'body'=>"As previously reported by several unofficial channels, Turkey will keep Daylight Saving Time (DST) two weeks longer than usual this year. This decision has now been confirmed by the official news agency Anadolu Ajansı, and published in the governmental Resim Gazete.
The DST extension is intended to facilitate the 1 November 2015 election, by ensuring that the sun is still up when the poll closes at 5 pm.
Daylight Saving Time in Turkey will end at 4 am on 8 November 2015.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Resmi Gazete | | http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2015/10/20151004.pdf | Read more (PDF in Turkish) Anadolu Ajansı | | http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/yaz-saati-uygulamasi-8-kasimda-sona-erecek/362217", 'tags'=>"", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/turkeys_dst_extension_is_now_official" ] ,"/time_zone_news/fort_nelson__canada_cancels_dst"=>[ 'headline'=>"Fort Nelson, Canada cancels DST", 'publish_date'=>"2015-09-24 00:00:00", 'summary'=>"", 'body'=>"Fort Nelson, which lies in the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality of Canada, will no longer be observing DST, starting this year. Fort Nelson will remain on UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time) all year.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Northern Rockies Regional Municipality | | http://www.northernrockies.ca/EN/meta/news/archives/2015/northern-rockies-time-change.html IANA time zone database mailing list | | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2015-September/022680.html", 'tags'=>"Fort Nelson, DST, UTC-7", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/fort_nelson__canada_cancels_dst" ] ,"/time_zone_news/norfolk_island_changes_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"Norfolk Island changes time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2015-09-24 00:00:00", 'summary'=>"Norfolk Island will change time zone from UTC+11:30 to UTC+11 at 2 am on 4 October 2015.
", 'body'=>"Norfolk Island is the only location observing a time zone offset of UTC+11:30.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Comlaw / Australian Government | | https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01483/Explanatory%20Statement/Text Norfolk Island press release | | http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/nia/MediaRelease/Media%20Release%20Norfolk%20Island%20Standard%20Time%20Change.pdf | Read more (PDF) IANA time zone database mailing list | | http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2015-September/022686.html | ", 'tags'=>"", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/norfolk_island_changes_time_zone" ] ,"/time_zone_news/turkey_is_probably_keeping_summer_time_two_extra_weeks"=>[ 'headline'=>"Turkey is probably keeping summer time two extra weeks", 'publish_date'=>"2015-09-20 00:00:00", 'summary'=>"", 'body'=>"Turkish media is reporting that DST will end in Turkey on 8 November 2015 instead of 25 October 2015, due to the election that will take place on 1 November 2015. We are awaiting an official confirmation.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"", 'tags'=>"", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/turkey_is_probably_keeping_summer_time_two_extra_weeks" ] ,"/time_zone_news/north_korea_gets_its_own_time_zone"=>[ 'headline'=>"North Korea gets its own time zone", 'publish_date'=>"2015-08-07 00:00:00", 'summary'=>"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.
", 'body'=>"According to North Korean state media, the date for the time change was chosen to mark North Korea's liberation from Japan at the end of World War Two. North Korea was in the UTC+8:30 time zone before it was occupied by Japan in 1910.
North Korea is currently in the same time zone as South Korea and Japan. With the time zone change, North Korea will join the exclusive club of countries who have their very own time zone, alongside Venezuela, Iran and Nepal.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"CNN.com | North Korea is its own world in many ways. Now, it is getting its own time zone to match. | http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/07/asia/north-korea-time-zone/index.html BBC.com | North Korea is to switch to a new time zone to mark its liberation from the Japanese at the end of World War Two, says state media. | http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049 Theguardian.com | North Korea to turn clocks back by 30 minutes to establish own time zone | http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/07/north-korea-to-turn-clocks-back-by-30-minutes-to-establish-own-time-zone Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) | (Official source in Korean) 조선에서 조국해방 70돐을 맞으며 표준시간을 제정하기로 결정하였다. 5일 발표된 최고인민회의 상임위원회 정령에는 다음과 같이 지적되였다. 민족재생의 은인이시며 절세의 애국자이신 위대한 | http://www.kcna.kp/kcna.user.home.retrieveHomeInfoList.kcmsf", 'tags'=>"North Korea, new time zone, UTC+8:30", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/north_korea_gets_its_own_time_zone" ] ,"/time_zone_news/uruguay_eliminates_daylight_saving_time"=>[ 'headline'=>"Uruguay Eliminates Daylight Saving Time", 'publish_date'=>"2015-07-01 00:00:00", 'summary'=>"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 policy change.
", 'body'=>"DST has been observed in Uruguay since 2004. The cancellation comes 97 days before the next DST period was scheduled to start, on 4 October 2015. The time in Uruguay is 3 hours behind UTC.
", 'image'=>"", 'image_text'=>"", 'links'=>"Camara Uruguaya de Turismo | (Official source in Spanish) | http://www.camtur.com.uy/index.php/noticias/281-se-derogo-decreto-del-cambio-de-horario-de-verano ", 'tags'=>"Uruguay, South America, DST, time zone change", 'meta_description'=>"", 'meta_keywords'=>"", 'url'=>"/time_zone_news/uruguay_eliminates_daylight_saving_time" ] ]; ?>