Clocks change, is this just a British thing?

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List of over 70 countriescountries

Most countries that observe Daylight Saving Time are listed in the table below. They all save one hour in the summer and change their clocks some time between midnight and 3:00 a.m.

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Continent Country Beginning and ending days
Africa Egypt Start: Last Friday in April
End: Last Thursday in September
Namibia Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April
Tunisia Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Asia Most states of the former USSR. Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Iraq Start: First Friday in April
End: Last Friday in October
Israel (more info) Start: Last Friday before April 2
End: The Sunday between
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
Jordan Start: Last Thursday of March
End: Last Friday in September
Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Mongolia Start: Fourth Friday in March
End: Last Friday in September

Palestinian regions (more info) (Estimate)
Start: First Friday on or after 15 April
End: First Friday on or after 15 October

Syria Start: March 30
End: September 21
Australasia Australia - South Australia, Victoria,
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales,
Lord Howe Island - See link Start: First Sunday in October
End: First Sunday in April
Australia - Tasmania Start: First Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March
Fiji Stopped in 2000
New Zealand, Chatham - (read law) Start: Last Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April
Tonga Start: First Sunday in November
End: Last Sunday in January
Europe European Union - (read law)
UK - (read law) Start: Last Sunday in March at 1 am UTC
End: Last Sunday in October at 1 am UTC
Russia Start: Last Sunday in March at 2 am local time
End: Last Sunday in October at 2 am local time
North America United States, Canada (excluding Saskatchewan and parts of Quebec, B.C., and Ontario), Mexico
Bermuda, St. Johns, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Start: First Sunday in April
End: Last Sunday in October
U.S. and Canada beginning in 2007:
Start: Second Sunday in March
End: First Sunday in November
Cuba Start: Third Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday of October.
Greenland Same as EU

Guatemala
no longer observes DST n/a

Honduras Start: May 7
End: August
Mexico (except Sonora) Start: First Sunday in April
End: Last Sunday in October
Nicaragua
no longer observes DST n/a

South America Argentina.
Started Sun Dec 30, 2007
Ending 16 March 2008.
In the future, the government will set the dates for daylight savings without congressional approval. Officials say the measure is likely to take effect again next October. See Reuters article. Start: Third Sunday in October
End: tbd
Brazil
Equatorial Brazil does not observe DST. Start: Third Sunday in October
End: Third Sunday in February
Chile - (read law)
Start:October 11
End: March 29
Falklands Start: First Sunday on or after 8 September
End: First Sunday on or after 6 April
Paraguay Start: Third Sunday in October
End: Second Sunday in March

Cougi

France do too

man290663@btinternet.com

NO Most non-tropical countriess do it its called Daylight savings Time...

But they don't all do it on the same days though to confuse things.. its Spring Forwards but Fall Backwards..

fiona311

No we do it in Ireland to. I lost an hours sleep last night over it haha.

203

No, most countries in the world operate daylight saving schemes.

Engaro

Nope. In Canada we changed them a few weeks ago.

grumpybear

No it's daylight savings time it happens all over the world

Penfold

No. Most of the world, particularly non Equatorial countries also have daylight savings time. Europe will generally change on the same day as the UK but the rest of the world change during March,

Carrie S

No. The Americans call it "daylight saving"

Robert D

The whole of Europe changes also.

Garrett

no everyone had to do it

Rose

They do it in the Bahamas

i feel unhappy i feel so sad

British started in world war 1 when they wanted the workers to work extra hour without having to pay them

Now most countries do it

Deafro

No its not totally British. Other countries also do it.
In OZ they call it daylight saving.

Matt

I wouldnt think so. Otherwise the whole world would be time zoned incorrectly. Like NY in America is 5 hours behind the UK, which is shown as GMT-5. If they didnt change with us, and we went forward an hour, they would end up GMT-6, which is wrong. It would also mean that travel time to Australia would take one hour less than normally, even though you'd be on the plane the same amount of time.

So, no I dont think its just a UK thing ;)
Excellent question though.

JBS

Other countries do it like Canada and australia but i hate it espicially winter when it gets dark at 3 30 - 4 pm mind you the UK is at quite a northerly latidude so thats another reason

!!live life juicy!!

chyeahh babee

DKT

if we change them doesnt that mean the world changes since we are at GMT 0 (GMT=Greenwich mean time)
Greenwich is in England-London

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