TIME-ZONE CHANGES BY DATE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 ----------------------------- ISRAEL: Clocks go back by one hour to GMT+2 ----------------------------- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 ----------------------------- EGYPT: Clocks go back by one hour to GMT+3 ----------------------------- SYRIA: Clocks go back by one hour to GMT+3 ----------------------------- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 ----------------------------- IRAQ: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+3 ----------------------------- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 ----------------------------- NEW ZEALAND: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT+13 ----------------------------- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10 ----------------------------- CHILE: Clocks go forward by one hour, new time GMT-3 ----------------------------- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 ----------------------------- ALBANIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- ANDORRA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- ARMENIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+4 ----------------------------- AUSTRALIA: Clocks go forward one hour to +11 hours ahead of GMT in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and Lord Howe Islands. Northern Territory (Darwin) remains at +9-1/2 GMT, Queensland at +10 GMT, and Western Australia remains at +8 GMT. The remaining areas of South Australia (Adelaide) change to GMT +10 1/2. Tasmania (Hobart) changes on October 3 to GMT+11 ----------------------------- AUSTRIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- AZERBAIJAN: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+4 ----------------------------- AZORES: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT -1 ----------------------------- BAHAMAS: Clocks go back by 1 hour to GMT -5 ----------------------------- BALEARIC ISLANDS: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- BELARUS: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- BELGIUM: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- BERMUDA: Clocks go forward by 1 hour to GMT -4 ----------------------------- BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- BULGARIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- CANADA: Most of Canada puts clocks back one hour. Newfoundland returns 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 and and Western Ontario stays at GMT-4. Saskatchewan stays at GMT-6. Alberta and part of Northwest Territories (Mountain time) return to GMT-7. Pacific and Yukon territories change to GMT-8. Central areas change to GMT-6. Most of British Columbia (Pacific time) remains at GMT-7 ----------------------------- CANARY ISLANDS: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT ----------------------------- CEUTA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- CROATIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- CUBA: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT-5 ----------------------------- CYPRUS: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- CZECH REPUBLIC: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- DENMARK: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- ESTONIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- FAROE ISLANDS: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT ----------------------------- FINLAND: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- FRANCE: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- GEORGIA: Clocks go back by one hour to GMT +4 ----------------------------- GERMANY: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- GIBRALTAR: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- GREECE: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- GREENLAND: Generally moves forward by one hour to GMT -3 ----------------------------- HUNGARY: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- IRELAND: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT ----------------------------- ITALY: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- KAZAKHSTAN: Clocks go back one hour, new time becomes GMT+6 in the east, GMT+5 in the central zone, and and GMT+4 in the western zones ----------------------------- KYRGYSTAN: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+5 ----------------------------- LATVIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- LEBANON: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- LIECHTENSTEIN: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- LITHUANIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- LUXEMBOURG: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- MACEDONIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- MADEIRA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT ----------------------------- MALTA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- MELILLA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- MEXICO: Baja California Norte moves clocks forward to GMT -8. (Generally the remainder of Mexico changes clocks on September 30 to GMT -6) ----------------------------- MOLDOVA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- MONACO: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- NETHERLANDS: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- NORWAY: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- POLAND: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- PORTUGAL: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT ----------------------------- ROMANIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- 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 zones move back by one hour to between GMT+4 and GMT+12, (Samara GMT+4, Perm GMT+5, Omsk GMT+6, Norilsk GMT+7, Ulan Ude GMT+8, Yakutsk GMT+9, Vladivostock GMT+10, Magadan GMT+11, Kamchatka GMT+12) ----------------------------- SAN MARINO: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- SLOVAKIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- SLOVENIA: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- SPAIN: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- SWEDEN: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- SWITZERLAND: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+1 ----------------------------- TURKEY: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS: Clocks go back one hour, new time GMT-4 ----------------------------- UKRAINE: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT+2 ----------------------------- 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-8 and Aleutian Islands GMT-10. Hawaii remains at GMT-10 ----------------------------- UNITED KINGDOM: Clocks go back by one hour, new time GMT ----------------------------- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 ----------------------------- BRAZIL: Clocks go forward by one hour to GMT -3 from GMT -4 in Mato Grosso/do Sul. Fernando de Noronha remain at GMT -2, Amapa remains at GMT -3, Amazonas remains at GMT -4, and Acre remains at GMT -5. The remaining states change to GMT -3. ----------------------------- 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 ----------------------------- ANGUILLA: 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 ----------------------------- ETHIOPIA: 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 ----------------------------- 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-11 hours ----------------------------- 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 ----------------------------- N.B. All clock times are subject to change. Please note that sometimes changes occur at 23:00 or later. In these cases, the date of the following day is given /ENDS Source: Reuters