http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/ News about time zone changes and changeover dates for daylight saving time. en-us Copyright 2007-2008, Time and Date AS 2008-04-03T09:36+00:00 webmaster@timeanddate.com Time and Date AS, http://www.timeanddate.com Time Zone News 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://rss.timeanddate.com/gfx/rss-logo.gif http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/ http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/australia-nz-daylight-saving-2008.html Many Australians and New Zealanders will wait until April 6, 2008, to wind their clocks back due to a daylight saving schedule extension. However, this extension does not apply to states including Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. 2008-03-28T11:30:57+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/europe-daylight-saving-time-2008.html Many European countries will push time forward by one hour to 2am for daylight saving time, also known as “Summer Time”, in their fixed time zones on March 30, 2008. 2008-03-27T15:28:00+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/france-spain-summer-time.html France and Spain will observe daylight saving time on March 30, 2008. However, they will be on what some people call “double summer time” during this period due to time zone skews and shifted clocks. 2008-03-27T21:03:13+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/uk-debates-to-extend-dst.html As the United Kingdom (UK) approaches Daylight Saving Time on March 30, 2008, many groups have called for the period to be extended for the entire year. 2008-03-27T21:14:41+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-daylight-saving-2008.html Syria will officially observe daylight saving time on April 4, 2008, after the proposal was approved by the Syrian Cabinet in March 2008. 2008-03-26T14:20:50+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/turkey-considers-permanent-daylight-saving.html Turkey will turn its clocks forward by one hour at 3am on March 30, 2008. However, it is uncertain as to if the nation will remain on daylight saving time throughout the year. 2008-03-26T14:11:10+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-starts-dst-march-16.html Cuba will officially observe daylight saving time at midnight between Saturday and Sunday when the clocks will turn one hour ahead to 1am on March 16, 2008. Daylight saving time is used as a way to save energy by extending daylight, therefore reducing the need to use artificial lighting. 2008-03-12T09:26:31+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/south-africa-time-zone.html South Africa could be split into two time zones in the future to alleviate the country’s energy crisis, according to one of the government’s leading officials. 2008-03-11T16:26:30+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/easter-island-extends-like-chile.html Easter Island will extend its daylight saving time to end on the last Sunday in March in 2008, corresponding with the rest of Chile. Easter Island, also known as Isla de Pascua in Spanish, is an overseas territory of Chile. 2008-03-10T12:14:34+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/iraq-dumps-daylight-saving.html For the first time in many years Iraq will not observe daylight saving time, which usually falls on April 1 each year. The decision to cancel daylight saving time in 2008 was made at a meeting for Iraq's Council of Ministers recently. 2008-03-10T10:33:46+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/canada-daylight-saving.html For most parts of Canada, daylight saving time begins at 2am on March 9, 2008, except Newfoundland and Labrador, where daylight saving time begins at one minute past midnight. 2008-03-05T14:53:01+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/guatemala-daylight-saving.html The Guatemalan government is scrapping its plan to adopt daylight saving time in 2008 after President Álvaro Colom recently announced that the energy-saving measure was a threat to safety. 2008-03-04T11:29:42+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/mexico-daylight-saving.html Despite past controversy over daylight saving time, most of Mexico will continue the same routine in turning its clock one hour ahead at 2am on April 6, 2008. 2008-03-04T11:07:05+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/indiana-daylight-saving.html For the third consecutive year, Indiana’s 92 counties will team up in observing daylight saving changes by moving one hour ahead in the United States at 2am on March 9, 2008. 2008-03-03T12:50:02+00:00 http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/argentina-san-luis-out-of-dst.html There has been local backlash against the Argentinean government’s decision to utilize daylight saving time in its efforts to save energy. 2008-02-29T13:07:37+00:00 Use the text input below to search timeanddate.com query http://www.timeanddate.com/search/results.html