The clocks change twice a year moving from winter (standard) time to summer time and back. Find out when, and how France's time relates to the rest of the world.
In 1996 the European Union (EU) standardized an EU-wide Summertime, or Daylight
Saving Time (DST).
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. Most countries adjust their clocks at some time between
midnight and 03:00; in the EU, clocks change at 01:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
| Continent | Country | Beginning and ending days |
| Europe
| European Union and rest of Europe (except Iceland) | Start:
02:00 last Sunday in March End: 02:00 last Sunday in October |
| Russia | Start:
02:00 last Sunday in March End: 02:00 last Sunday in October |
| Greenland (regional; changes annually) | Start:
22:00 mid to late March End: 22:00 last Saturday in
October or first Sunday in November (depending on location) |
| North & Central America
| United States (except Arizona
and Hawaii), Canada, Bahamas, Bermuda, St-Pierre, Miquelon, Turks and
Caicos | Start:
02:00 second Sunday in March
End: 02:00 first Sunday in November |
| Mexico (except Sonora) | Start:
02:00 first Sunday in April End:
02:00 last Sunday in October |
| Cuba (subject to change) | Start:
00:00 on 14 March 2010 End: 01:00 on 31 October 2010 |
| South America | Brazil
(some states): Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Parana, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Goias, Matto Grosso, Matto Grosso do Sul, Distrito Federal | Start:
00:00 on third Sunday in October End: 00:00 on third Sunday in February |
| Chile | Start:
00:00 first Sunday on or after 9 October End: 00:00 first Sunday on or after 9 March |
| Falkland Islands | Start:
02:00 first Sunday in September End: 02:00 third
Sunday in April |
| Paraguay, Uruguay | Start:
00:00 third Sunday in October End: 00:00 second Sunday in March |
| Argentina (regional; changes annually) | Start: 00:00 Sunday in
mid-
October
End: 00:00 Sunday in mid-March |
| Africa | Egypt | DST
not observed in 2010 |
|---|
| Mauritius | DST
not observed in 2010 |
| Namibia | Start:
02:00 first Sunday in September End: 02:00 first Sunday in April |
| Tunisia
(changes annually; DST may not be observed) | DST
not observed in 2010 |
| Asia
| Pakistan (changes annually) | Start: 00:00 on
April 15 2010
End: 00:00 on 1 November 2010 |
|---|
| Israel
(changes annually) | End: 02:00 on
the Sunday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Start: 02:00 on the Friday before 2 April |
| Lebanon | Start: Last Sunday in March End:
Last Sunday in October |
| Syria
(may change annually) | Start:
00:00 last Friday in March End: 00:00 last Friday in
October |
| Australasia
| Australian Capital Territory,
New South Wales,
Victoria,
Tasmania,
South Australia, Victoria, Lord Howe Island | Start: 03:00 first Sunday in
October End: 03:00 first Sunday in April |
|---|
Western
Australia
UST +9 hours | Start: 03:00
last Sunday in October
End: 03:00 last Sunday in March |
| New
Zealand, Chatham Island | Start: 03:00
last Sunday in September
End: 03:00 first Sunday in April |
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