TIME-ZONE CHANGES BY DATE FRIDAY, MARCH 29 ----------------------------- 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 ----------------------------- SATURDAY, MARCH 30 ----------------------------- MONGOLIA: Clocks go forward one hour to GMT+9 ----------------------------- SUNDAY, MARCH 31 ----------------------------- 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+5 ----------------------------- AUSTRALIA: Clocks go back one hour to +10 hours ahead of GMT in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, and to +10-1/2 ahead in the Lord Howe Islands. Northern Territory remains at +9-1/2 GMT, Queensland at +10 GMT, and Western Australia remains at +8 GMT. The remaining areas of South Australia change to GMT +9-1/2 ----------------------------- AUSTRIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- AZERBAIJAN: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+5 ----------------------------- AZORES: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT ----------------------------- BALAERIC 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-HERZEGOVINA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- BULGARIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- CANARY ISLANDS: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- CEUTA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- 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 ----------------------------- GEORGIA: Clocks go forward by one hour to GMT +5 ----------------------------- 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+3 ----------------------------- GREENLAND: Generally moves forward by one hour to GMT -2 ----------------------------- HUNGARY: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- IRELAND: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- ITALY: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- KAZAKHSTAN: Clocks go forward one hour, new time becomes GMT+7 in the east, GMT+6 in the central zone, and and GMT+5 in the western zones ----------------------------- KYRGYSTAN: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+6 ----------------------------- LATVIA: Clocks go forward by two hours, new time GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- 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 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 and GMT+13, (Samara GMT+5, Perm GMT+6, Omsk GMT+7, Norilsk GMT+8, Ulan Ude GMT+9, Yakutsk GMT+10, Vladivostock GMT+11, Magadan GMT+12, Kamchatska 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 ----------------------------- MONDAY, APRIL 1 ----------------------------- IRAQ: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+4 ----------------------------- SYRIA: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- SUNDAY, APRIL 7 ----------------------------- BAHAMAS: Clocks go forward by 1 hour to GMT -4 ----------------------------- BERMUDA: Clocks go forward by 1 hour to GMT -3 ----------------------------- CANADA: Most of Canada puts clocks forward one hour. Newfoundland returns 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-4 hours, while Eastern Quebec and and Western Ontario stays at GMT-5. Saskatchewan stays at GMT-6. Alberta and part of Northwest Territories (Mountain time) return to GMT-6. Pacific and Yukon territories change to GMT-7. Central areas change to GMT-5. Most of British Columbia (Pacific time) remains at GMT-7 ----------------------------- CUBA: Clocks go forward one hour, new time GMT-4 ----------------------------- MEXICO: Generally Mexico change their clocks on to GMT-5, with the Baja California Norte region changing to GMT -7 on May 5 ----------------------------- NAMIBIA: Clocks go bforward by one hour to GMT+1 (from GMT+2) ----------------------------- 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 ----------------------------- MONDAY, APRIL 22 ----------------------------- FALKLAND ISLANDS: Clocks go forward by one hour to GMT -4 from GMT -3 ----------------------------- FRIDAY, APRIL 26 ----------------------------- EGYPT: Clocks go forward by two hours to GMT+3 ----------------------------- SUNDAY, MAY 5 ----------------------------- MEXICO: Baja California Norte moves clocks forward to GMT -7. (Generally the remainder of Mexico change their clocks on September 30 to GMT -6) ----------------------------- 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 hours ----------------------------- ALGERIA: Local time is GMT+1 hours ----------------------------- ANDAMAN ISLANDS: Local time is GMT+5-1/2 hours ----------------------------- ANGOLA: Local time is GMT+1 hours ----------------------------- ANGUILA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- ANTARCTICA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- ANTIGUA& BARBUDA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- ARGENTINA: Local time is GMT-3 hours ----------------------------- ARUBA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- ASCENSION ISLANDS: Local time is same as GMT ----------------------------- AUSTRAL ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-10 hours ----------------------------- BAHRAIN: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- BANGLADESH: Local time is GMT+6 hours ----------------------------- BARBADOS: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- BENIN: Local time is GMT+1 ----------------------------- BELIZE: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- BHUTAN: Local time is GMT+6 ----------------------------- BONAIRE: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- BOLIVIA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- BOTSWANA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- BRUNEI: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- BURKINA FASO: Local time is the same as GMT ----------------------------- BURMA: Local time is +6 1/2 hours ----------------------------- BURUNDI: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- CAMBODIA: Local time is GMT+7 hours ----------------------------- CAMEROON: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- CAPE VERDE ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-1 hour ----------------------------- CAROLINE ISLANDS: Local time is GMT+10 hours ----------------------------- CAYMAN ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- CHAD: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- CHINA: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- CHRISTMAS ISLAND: Local Time is GMT+7 hours ----------------------------- COLOMBIA: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- COMOROS: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- CONGO (Brazzaville): Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: Kinshasa local time is GMT+1 hour, Kasai, Kivu, Haut Zaire and shaba local times is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- COOK ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-10 hours ----------------------------- COSTA RICA: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- COTE D'IVOIRE: Local time is GMT ----------------------------- DOMINICA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- EAST TIMOR: Local time is GMT+9 hours ----------------------------- ECUADOR: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- EL SALVADOR: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- ERITREA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- ESTONIA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- ETHOPIA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- FIJI: Local time is GMT+12 hours ----------------------------- GABON: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- GAMBIA: Local time is GMT ----------------------------- GHANA: Local time is same as GMT ----------------------------- GUATEMALA: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- GRENADA: Local time is GMT-4 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 ----------------------------- KENYA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- KOREA (North and South): Local time is GMT+9 hours ----------------------------- KUWAIT: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- LAOS: Local time is GMT+7 hours ----------------------------- LIBYA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- LITHUANIA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- MADAGASCAR: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- MALAYSIA: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- MALDIVES: Local time is GMT+5 hours ----------------------------- MAURITIUS: Local time is GMT+4 hours ----------------------------- MIDWAY ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-11hours ----------------------------- MONGOLIA: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- MOROCCO: Local time is same as GMT ----------------------------- MOZAMBIQUE: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- 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 ----------------------------- NIGERIA: Local time is GMT+1 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 ----------------------------- PUERTO RICO: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- QATAR: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- RWANDA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- ST. LUCIA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- SAMOA: Local time is GMT-11 hours ----------------------------- SAUDI ARABIA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- SEYCHELLES: Local time is GMT+4 hours ----------------------------- SINGAPORE: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- SOMALIA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- SOUTH AFRICA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- SOUTH KOREA: Local time is GMT+9 hours ----------------------------- SRI LANKA: Local time is GMT+6 hours ----------------------------- SUDAN: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- SURINAME: Local time is GMT-3 hours ----------------------------- SWAZILAND: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- TAHITI: Local time is GMT-10 hours ----------------------------- TAIWAN: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- TAJIKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 hours ----------------------------- TANZANIA: Local time is GMT+3 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 ----------------------------- UGANDA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 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 ----------------------------- VIRGIN ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- YEMEN: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- ZAMBIA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- ZIMBABWE: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- /ENDS Source: Reuters