Sunday, March 11: Daylight saving starts in USA & Canada

Published 6-Mar-2012

On Sunday, March 11, 2012, most Americans and Canadians will start daylight saving time (DST) and set their clocks 1 hour forward from 2am (02:00) to 3am (03:00) local time.

Most of the USA and Canada set clocks forward from 2am to 3am Sunday, March 11, 2012.

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Mexico’s northern border cities, like for instance
Juarez City (Ciudad Juárez), will follow its' neighbours and end DST at the same time as the US and Canada.

However, most of Mexico, including capital Mexico City, will set the clocks 1 hour forward 3 weeks later, on Sunday, April 1, 2012.

• Europe starts DST Sunday, March 25
• DST dates Worldwide - first half of 2012
• DST dates Worldwide - second half of 2012
• Australia & NZ end DST Sunday, April 1

Clocks 'spring forward'

The clock changes will affect many cities in most of the USA's time zones as well as Canada’s time zones. Some parts of the USA and Canada do not follow the changes.

Most parts of the US and Canada will end daylight saving on Sunday, November 4, 2012.

"Saving" - not "savings"

Many refer to daylight saving time as “daylight savings time”. However, the term “daylight saving time” is considered to be the correct one.

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Areas which don't use DST

States and territories that don't observe daylight saving time in the US include:

• Hawaii
• American Samoa
• Guam
• Puerto Rico
• The Virgin Islands
• Most of Arizona except the Navajo Nation Community

Areas that do not observe daylight saving time in Canada include:

• Some areas of Québec, east of 63° west longitude, remain on Atlantic Standard Time (AST) all year
• Most of Saskatchewan uses Central Standard Time (CST) all year
• Southampton Island remains on Eastern Standard Time (EST) all year
• Some areas of British Columbia observe Mountain Standard Time (MST) all year.

Recent updates

• New Time Zone in Mexico?
• Gaza and West Bank start DST on March 30, 2012
• Syria starts DST on March 30, 2012
• Nagorno-Karabakh Rejects Daylight Saving Time
• Europe Starts Daylight Saving on March 25, 2012
• Idaho may abolish daylight saving time