TIME-ZONE CHANGES BY DATE SATURDAY, MARCH 24 ----------------------------- GREENLAND: Generally moves back by one hour to GMT -2 ----------------------------- SUNDAY, MARCH 25 ----------------------------- ALBANIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- ANDORRA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- ARMENIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- AUSTRALIA: Clocks go back one hour to 10 hours ahead of GMT in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. Queensland remains 10 hours ahead of GMT. South Australia changes to 9-1/2 ahead of GMT. Northern Territory remains at +9-1/2 GMT. Western Australia remains at +8 GMT ----------------------------- AUSTRIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- AZERBAIJAN: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+5 ----------------------------- BALEARIC ISLANDS: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- BELARUS: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- BELGIUM: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- BULGARIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- CANARY ISLANDS: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- CEUTA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- CROATIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- CYPRUS: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- CZECH REPUBLIC: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- DENMARK: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- FAROE ISLANDS: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- FINLAND: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- FRANCE: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- GERMANY: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- GIBRALTAR: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- GREECE: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- HUNGARY: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- IRELAND: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- ITALY: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- KAZAKHSTAN: Clocks go forward one hour, new time becomes GMT+7 around Almaty in the east but GMT+6 and GMT+5 in the central and western zones ----------------------------- KYRGYSTAN: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+6 ----------------------------- LEBANON: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- LIECHTENSTEIN: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- LUXEMBOURG: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- MACEDONIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- MADEIRA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- MALTA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- MELILLA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- MOLDOVA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- MONACO: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- NETHERLANDS: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- NORWAY: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- POLAND: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- PORTUGAL: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- ROMANIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- RUSSIA: Clocks go forward one hour; new time becomes GMT+4 in the European part of Russia including Moscow and St Petersburg. Kaliningrad in the west moves forward to GMT+3, while the most easterly zones move forward by one hour to between GMT+5 to GMT+13 ----------------------------- SAN MARINO: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- SLOVAKIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- SLOVENIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- SPAIN: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- SWEDEN: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- SWITZERLAND: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- TURKEY: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- UKRAINE: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- UNITED KINGDOM: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- YUGOSLAVIA: Clocks go forward by one hour to GMT +2 ----------------------------- FRIDAY, MARCH 30 ----------------------------- GAZA STRIP: Clocks go forward by one hour to GMT +3 ----------------------------- ISRAEL: Clocks go forward by one hour to GMT +3 ----------------------------- JORDAN: Clocks go forward by one hour to GMT +3 ----------------------------- SUNDAY, APRIL 1 ----------------------------- BAHAMAS: Clocks go forward one hour, new time GMT-4 ----------------------------- BERMUDA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT-3 ----------------------------- CANADA: Most of Canada puts clocks forward one hour Newfoundland and part of Labrador (Newfoundland time) return to GMT-2-1/2 hours. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and part of Labrador (Atlantic time) return to GMT-3. Most of Ontario and Quebec (Eastern time) return to GMT-5 hours, while Eastern Quebec stays at GMT-4 and Western Ontario at GMT-4. Manitoba and part of Northwest Territories (Central time) return to GMT-5. Saskatchewan stays at GMT-6. Alberta and part of Northwest Territories (Mountain time) return to GMT-6. All of Yukon, part of Northwest Territories and most of British Columbia (Pacific time) return to GMT-7 ----------------------------- CUBA: Clocks go forward one hour, new time GMT-4 ----------------------------- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Clocks go forward one hour, new time GMT-4 ----------------------------- MEXICO: Generally clocks go forward one hour, new time GMT-5, except in Baja California Sur where it moves back one hour to GMT-6, and in Baja California Norte it moves back to GMT-7 ----------------------------- IRAQ: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+4 ----------------------------- SYRIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT-4 ----------------------------- UNITED STATES: Clocks go forward one hour; new time in the eastern zone is GMT-4, central zone GMT-5, mountain zone GMT-6, Pacific zone GMT-7, Alaska GMT-8 and Aleutian Islands GMT-9. Hawaii remains at GMT-10 ----------------------------- SUNDAY, APRIL 8 ----------------------------- NAMIBIA: Clocks go back by one hour to GMT +1 (from GMT +2) ----------------------------- SUNDAY, APRIL 22 ----------------------------- FALKLAND ISLANDS: Clocks go back to one hour to GMT -4 ----------------------------- FRIDAY, APRIL 27 ----------------------------- EGYPT: Clocks go forward to GMT +3 COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE ALREADY MADE TIME CHANGES ----------------------------- SUNDAY MARCH 18 ----------------------------- CHATAM ISLANDS: Clocks went forward by one hour to GMT +12-3/4 ----------------------------- NEW ZEALAND: Clocks went back one hour to GMT +12 ----------------------------- COUNTRIES/TERRITORIES 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 ----------------------------- ALGERIA: Local time is GMT+1 ----------------------------- ANGOLA: Local time is GMT+1 ----------------------------- ANTARCTICA: Local time is GMT-4 ----------------------------- ARGENTINA: Local time is GMT-3 ----------------------------- BAHRAIN: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- BANGLADESH: Local time is GMT+6 ----------------------------- BARBADOS: Local time is GMT-4 ----------------------------- BELIZE: Local time is GMT-6 ----------------------------- BOLIVIA: Local time is GMT-4 ----------------------------- BRUNEI: Local time is GMT+8 ----------------------------- CAMBODIA: Local time is GMT+7 ----------------------------- CAYMAN ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-5 ----------------------------- CHINA: Local time is GMT+8 ----------------------------- COLOMBIA: Local time is GMT-5 ----------------------------- COMOROS: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- COSTA RICA: Local time is GMT-6 ----------------------------- ECUADOR: Local time is GMT-5 ----------------------------- EL SALVADOR: Local time is GMT-6 ----------------------------- ESTONIA: Local time is GMT+2 ----------------------------- GUATEMALA: Local time is GMT-6 ----------------------------- GUYANA: Local time is GMT-4 ----------------------------- HAITI: Local time is GMT-5 ----------------------------- HONDURAS: Local time is GMT-6 ----------------------------- HONG KONG: Local time is GMT+8 ----------------------------- ICELAND: Local time is same as GMT ----------------------------- INDIA: Local time is GMT+5-1/2 ----------------------------- 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 ----------------------------- JAPAN: Local time is GMT+9 ----------------------------- JORDAN: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- KUWAIT: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- KENYA: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- LAOS: Local time is GMT+7 ----------------------------- LATVIA: Local time is GMT+2 ----------------------------- LIBYA: Local time is GMT+2 ----------------------------- LITHUANIA: Local time is GMT+2 ----------------------------- MADAGASCAR: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- MALAYSIA: Local time is GMT+8 ----------------------------- MALDIVES: Local time is GMT+5 ----------------------------- MAURITIUS: Local time is GMT+4 ----------------------------- MONGOLIA: Local time is GMT+8 ----------------------------- MOROCCO: Local time is same as GMT ----------------------------- MYANMAR: Local time is GMT+6-1/2 ----------------------------- NEPAL: Local time is GMT+5-3/4 ----------------------------- NICARAGUA: Local time is GMT-6 ----------------------------- NIGERIA: Local time is GMT+1 ----------------------------- NORTH KOREA: Local time is GMT+9 ----------------------------- OMAN: Local time is GMT+4 ----------------------------- PAKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 ----------------------------- PANAMA: Local time is GMT-5 ----------------------------- PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Local time is GMT+10 ----------------------------- PERU: Local time is GMT-5 ----------------------------- PHILIPPINES: Local time is GMT+8 ----------------------------- QATAR: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- SAUDI ARABIA: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- SEYCHELLES: Local time is GMT+4 ----------------------------- SINGAPORE: Local time is GMT+8 ----------------------------- SOUTH AFRICA: Local time is GMT+2 ----------------------------- SOUTH KOREA: Local time is GMT+9 ----------------------------- SRI LANKA: Local time is GMT+6 ----------------------------- SURINAM: Local time is GMT-3 ----------------------------- TAIWAN: Local time is GMT+8 ----------------------------- TAJIKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 ----------------------------- THAILAND: Local time is GMT+7 ----------------------------- TRINIDAD/TOBAGO: Local time is GMT-4 ----------------------------- TUNISIA: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- TURKMENISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 ----------------------------- UAE: Local time is GMT+4 ----------------------------- UGANDA: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- URUGUAY: Local time is GMT-3 ----------------------------- UZBEKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 ----------------------------- VENEZUELA: Local time is GMT-4 ----------------------------- VIETNAM: Local time is GMT+7 ----------------------------- YEMEN: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- ZAMBIA: Local time is GMT+2 ----------------------------- ZIMBABWE: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- /ENDS Source: Reuters