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In 1968, Tasmania was the first state since the war to adopt daylight saving. In 1971, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory also adopted daylight saving, while Western Australia and the Northern Territory did not. Queensland abandoned daylight saving in 1972.
(Australian) Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT or CDST) – UTC+10:30, in South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales (Australian) Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT or EDST) – UTC+11:00, in New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, and Tasmania; During the usual periods of DST, the three standard time zones in Australia become five zones.
Time zone abbreviations for both Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time are shown exactly as they appear in the database. See strftime and its "%Z" field. Some of zone records use 3 or 4 letter abbreviations that are tied to physical time zones, others use numeric UTC offsets.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5. Here's what that means, why we do it, and what you need to do (if anything).
Morocco, including the portion of Western Sahara that it administers, also observes an annual time change but not related to seasonal daylight. The local time is decreased by one hour on the Sunday before Ramadan at 03:00, and increased by one hour on the Sunday after Ramadan at 02:00 (in 2024, the dates are 10 March and 14 April).
We still fall back and spring forward! Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, and begins at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, March 12, 2024.
Saving energy: Daylight saving time is all about a desire to save energy by extending sunlight later in the day during spring and summer. A study conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy found ...
English: World map showing current and past daylight saving time usage. The Spring-forward/Fall-back adjustment is a common practice at high latitudes. The Spring-forward/Fall-back adjustment is a common practice at high latitudes.