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2017: Adopted standard time of UTC+2 in 1903. Observed annual changes to summer time in 1942–1943 (UTC+3 summer, UTC+2 standard). Observed annual changes to winter time in 1994–2017 (UTC+2 standard, UTC+1 winter) in all regions except Zambezi, which remained in UTC+2 all year. [10] Netherlands: Observed DST in 1916–1945 and since 1977 ...
It lasted until the last Sunday (the 30th) in September 1945. After 1945 many states and cities east of the Mississippi River (and mostly north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers) adopted summer DST. [11] From 1945 to 1966 there was no federal law on daylight saving time, so localities could choose when it began and ended or drop it entirely.
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
This year, the first day of summer, also known as the summer solstice, is Thursday, June 20. The true solstice will arrive in the Northern Hemisphere at exactly 4:51 p.m. EST.
2009 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.
Hope you've got your pencils ready and your calendars out: The first day of summer ... This is because the astrological year is 365 days and six hours compared to the standard calendar year, which ...
2017 (Sunday) 2016 ... (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 105 days remain until the end of ... American philosopher and author (d. 2009) 1930 – Thomas ...
2017 (Thursday) 2016 ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end ... 2009 – An ...