TIME-ZONE CHANGES BY DATE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 IRAQ: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+3. ----------------------------- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 BRAZIL: Clocks go forward by one hour; new time becomes GMT-2 hours for area including Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Time zones elsewhere range from GMT-2 to GMT-5. ----------------------------- NEW ZEALAND: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+13. PARAGUAY: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT-3. ----------------------------- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10 CHILE: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT-3. ----------------------------- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 MEXICO: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT-6. ----------------------------- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 ROMANIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 ALBANIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- ANDORRA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ARMENIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+4. ----------------------------- AUSTRALIA: Clocks go forward one hour to 11 hours ahead of GMT in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania and in the Australian Capital Territory. Queensland remains 10 hours ahead of GMT. South Australia: clocks go forward one hour to 10-1/2 hours ahead of GMT. Northern Territory remains 9-1/2 hours ahead of GMT. Western Australia remains eight hours ahead of GMT. ----------------------------- AUSTRIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- AZERBAIJAN: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+4. ----------------------------- BAHAMAS: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT-5. ----------------------------- BELARUS: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- BELGIUM: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- BERMUDA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT-4. ----------------------------- BOSNIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- BULGARIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- CANADA: Most of Canada puts clocks back one hour. Newfoundland and part of Labrador (Newfoundland time) return to GMT-3-1/2 hours. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and part of Labrador (Atlantic time) return to GMT-4. Most of Ontario and Quebec (Eastern time) return to GMT-5 hours, while Eastern Quebec stays at GMT-4 and Western Ontario at GMT-5. Manitoba and part of Northwest Territories (Central time) return to GMT-6. Saskatchewan stays at GMT-6. Alberta and part of Northwest Territories (Mountain time) return to GMT-7. All of Yukon, part of Northwest Territories and most of British Columbia (Pacific time) return to GMT-8. ----------------------------- CROATIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- CUBA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT-5. CYPRUS: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- CZECH REPUBLIC: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- DENMARK: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- ESTONIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- FINLAND: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- FRANCE: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- GERMANY: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- GREECE: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- HUNGARY: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- IRELAND: Clocks go back by one hour, new time becomes GMT. ----------------------------- ITALY: Clocks go back one hour, new time becomes GMT+1. ----------------------------- KAZAKHSTAN: Clocks go back one hour, new time becomes GMT+6 around Almaty in the east but GMT+5 and GMT+4 in the central and western zones. ----------------------------- KYRGYZSTAN: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+5. ----------------------------- LATVIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- LIECHTENSTEIN: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. LITHUANIA: Clocks stay at GMT+2 as the country abandons a year-long experiment with Central European Time because it meant the sun rose in the middle of the night in summer and set around lunchtime in winter. ----------------------------- LUXEMBOURG: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- MACEDONIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- MALTA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- MOLDOVA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- MONACO: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- NETHERLANDS: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- NORWAY: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- POLAND: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- PORTUGAL: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT. ----------------------------- RUSSIA: Clocks go back one hour; new time becomes GMT+3 in the European part of Russia including Moscow and St Petersburg. Kaliningrad in the west moves back to GMT+2, while the most easterly zone moves back one hour to GMT+12. ----------------------------- SAN MARINO: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- SLOVAKIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- SLOVENIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- SPAIN: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. SWEDEN: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- SWITZERLAND: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- TURKEY: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- UKRAINE: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+2. ----------------------------- UNITED KINGDOM: Clocks go back one hour, new time becomes GMT. ----------------------------- UNITED STATES: Clocks go back one hour; new time in the eastern zone is GMT-5, central zone GMT-6, mountain zone GMT-7, Pacific zone GMT-8, Alaska GMT-9 and Aleutian Islands GMT-10. Hawaii remains at GMT-10. ----------------------------- YUGOSLAVIA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT+1. ----------------------------- SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 FIJI: Clocks go forward one hour, new time GMT+13. ----------------------------- COUNTRIES WHICH DO NOT HAVE TIME CHANGES: AFRICA: Most countries in Central, East, South and West Africa do not change their clocks. ----------------------------- AFGHANISTAN: Local time is GMT+4-1/2 hours. ----------------------------- ALGERIA Local time is GMT+1 hours. ----------------------------- ARGENTINA: Local time is GMT-3 hours. ----------------------------- BAHRAIN: Local time is GMT+3 hours. ----------------------------- BANGLADESH: Local time is GMT+6 hours. ----------------------------- BARBADOS: Local time is GMT-4 hours. ----------------------------- BELIZE: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- BOLIVIA: Local time is GMT-4 hours. ----------------------------- BRUNEI: Local time is GMT+8 hours. ----------------------------- CAMBODIA: Local time is GMT+7 hours. ----------------------------- CAYMAN ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-5 hours. ----------------------------- CHINA: Local time is GMT+8 hours. ----------------------------- COLOMBIA: Local time is GMT-5 hours. ----------------------------- COMOROS: Local time is GMT+3 hours. ----------------------------- COSTA RICA: Local time is GMT-6 hours. ----------------------------- DOMINICAN REP: Local time is GMT-4 hours. ----------------------------- ECUADOR: Local time is GMT-5 hours. ----------------------------- EL SALVADOR: Local time is GMT-6 hours. ----------------------------- GUATEMALA: Local time is GMT-6 hours. ----------------------------- GUYANA: Local time is GMT-4 hours. ----------------------------- HAITI: Local time is GMT-5 hours. ----------------------------- HONDURAS : Local time is GMT-6 hours. ----------------------------- HONG KONG : Local time is GMT+8 hours. ----------------------------- ICELAND: Local time is same as GMT. ----------------------------- INDIA: Local time is GMT+5-1/2 hours. ----------------------------- INDONESIA: Local time ranges from GMT+7 for the western zone including Sumatra and Java through GMT+8 for the central zone to GMT+9 for the eastern zone. ----------------------------- JAMAICA: Local time is GMT-5 hours. ----------------------------- JAPAN: Local time is GMT+9 hours. ----------------------------- JORDAN: Local time is GMT+3 hours. ----------------------------- KUWAIT: Local time is GMT+3 hours. ----------------------------- LAOS: Local time is GMT+7 hours. ----------------------------- LIBYA: Local time is GMT+2 hours. ----------------------------- MALAYSIA: Local time is GMT+8 hours. ----------------------------- MALDIVES: Local time is GMT+5 hours. ----------------------------- MONGOLIA: Local time is GMT+7 hours. ----------------------------- MOROCCO: Local time is same as GMT. ----------------------------- MYANMAR: Local time is GMT+6-1/2 hours. ----------------------------- NEPAL: Local time is GMT+5-3/4 hours. ----------------------------- NICARAGUA: Local time is GMT-6 hours. ----------------------------- NORTH KOREA: Local time is GMT+9 hours. ----------------------------- OMAN: Local time is GMT+4 hours. ----------------------------- PAKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 hours. ----------------------------- PANAMA: Local time is GMT-5 hours. ----------------------------- PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Local time is GMT+10 hours. ----------------------------- PERU: Local time is GMT-5 hours. ----------------------------- PHILIPPINES: Local time is GMT+8 hours. ----------------------------- QATAR: Local time is GMT+3 hours. ----------------------------- SAUDI ARABIA: Local time is GMT+3 hours. ----------------------------- SEYCHELLES: Local time is GMT+4 hours. ----------------------------- SINGAPORE: Local time is GMT+8 hours. ----------------------------- SOUTH KOREA: Local time is GMT+9 hours. ----------------------------- SRI LANKA: Local time is GMT+6 hours. ----------------------------- SURINAM: Local time is GMT-3 hours. ----------------------------- TAIWAN: Local time is GMT+8 hours. ----------------------------- TAJIKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 hours. ----------------------------- THAILAND: Local time is GMT+7 hours. ----------------------------- TRINIDAD/TOBAGO: Local time is GMT-4 hours. ----------------------------- TUNISIA:Local time is GMT+1 hour. ----------------------------- TURKMENISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 hours. ----------------------------- UAE: Local time is GMT+4 hours. ----------------------------- URUGUAY: Local time is GMT-3 hours. ----------------------------- UZBEKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 hours. ----------------------------- VENEZUELA: Local time is GMT-4 hours. ----------------------------- VIETNAM: Local time is GMT+7 hours. ----------------------------- YEMEN: Local time is GMT+3 hours. ----------------------------- /ENDS Source: Reuters