Daylight Saving Time–second half of 2012
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Daylight saving time is also called summer time or daylight savings time. When DST is not observed, it is called standard time, normal time or winter time.
This list displays a brief (but not complete) overview over which countries and territories that plan to observe DST during second half of 20122012. Note that the list might not be final - countries, territories and states sometimes make adjustments that are announced just days or weeks ahead of the change.
This table is sorted by UTC time, in the order the changes occur.
Click on the example links for more details on the clock change.
Also see the page for first half of 2012 or the overview over start and end times for 2012 sorted by country.
| Local time change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time in UTC | Change from | direction | Change to | Country affected | Example locations |
| Sep 2 at 01:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Namibia - All locations | Windhoek |
| Sep 2 at 06:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Falkland Islands - All locations | Stanley |
| Sep 20 at 19:30:00 | Midnight Thu-Fri | back to | Thu 11:00 PM | Iran - All locations | Tehran |
| Sep 22 at 23:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Israel - All locations | Jerusalem Tel Aviv |
| Sep 27 at 21:00:00 | Midnight Thu-Fri | back to | Thu 11:00 PM | West Bank - All locations | Bethlehem |
| Sep 28 at 14:00:00 | Sat 3:00 AM | forward to | Sat 4:00 AM | Samoa - All locations | Apia |
| Sep 29 at 14:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Antarctica - Some of locations observing DST | South Pole |
| New Zealand - Most locations | Auckland Wellington | ||||
| Sep 29 at 14:00:00 | Sun 2:45 AM | forward to | Sun 3:45 AM | New Zealand - Some locations | Chatham Islands(Chatham Islands) |
| Oct 1 at 00:00:00 | Mon 3:00 AM | back to | Mon 2:00 AM | Gaza Strip - All locations | Gaza |
| Oct 6 at 15:30:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 2:30 AM | Australia - Some of locations observing DST | Lord Howe Island(Lord Howe Island) |
| Oct 6 at 16:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Australia - Some of locations observing DST | Canberra(Australian Capital Territory) Hobart(Tasmania) Melbourne(Victoria) Sydney(New South Wales) |
| Oct 6 at 16:30:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Australia - Some of locations observing DST | Adelaide(South Australia) |
| Oct 7 at 04:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | forward to | Sun 1:00 AM | Paraguay - All locations | Asuncion |
| Oct 7 at 05:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Uruguay - All locations | Montevideo |
| Oct 14 at 04:00:00 | Sat 10:00 PM | forward to | Sat 11:00 PM | Chile - Some locations | Easter Island |
| Oct 14 at 04:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | forward to | Sun 1:00 AM | Chile - Most locations | Punta Arenas Santiago |
| Oct 20 at 14:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Fiji - All locations | Suva |
| Oct 21 at 03:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | forward to | Sun 1:00 AM | Brazil - Most of locations observing DST | Brasilia(Distrito Federal) Rio de Janeiro(Rio de Janeiro) Salvador(Bahia) Sao Paulo(São Paulo) |
| Oct 21 at 04:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | forward to | Sun 1:00 AM | Brazil - Some of locations observing DST | Campo Grande(Mato Grosso Do Sul) |
| Oct 25 at 21:00:00 | Midnight Thu-Fri | back to | Thu 11:00 PM | Syria - All locations | Damascus |
| Oct 25 at 22:00:00 | Fri 1:00 AM | back to | Midnight Thu-Fri | Jordan - All locations | Amman |
| Oct 27 at 21:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | back to | Sat 11:00 PM | Lebanon - All locations | Beirut |
| Oct 28 at 00:00:00 | Sun 5:00 AM | back to | Sun 4:00 AM | Azerbaijan - All locations | Baku |
| Oct 28 at 01:00:00 | Sat 11:00 PM | back to | Sat 10:00 PM | Greenland - Some of locations observing DST | Nuuk |
| Oct 28 at 01:00:00 | Sun 1:00 AM | back to | Midnight Sat-Sun | Greenland - Some of locations observing DST | Ittoqqortoormiit |
| Portugal - Some locations | Azores | ||||
| Oct 28 at 01:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Färöer - All locations | Tórshavn(Faroe Islands) |
| Ireland - All locations | Dublin | ||||
| Isle of Man - All locations | Douglas | ||||
| Portugal - Most locations | Lisbon | ||||
| Spain - Some locations | Las Palmas(Canary Islands) | ||||
| United Kingdom - All locations | Belfast(Northern Ireland) Cardiff(Wales) Glasgow(Scotland) London(England) | ||||
| Oct 28 at 01:00:00 | Sun 3:00 AM | back to | Sun 2:00 AM | Albania - All locations | Tirana |
| Andorra - All locations | Andorra La Vella | ||||
| Austria - All locations | Vienna | ||||
| Belgium - All locations | Brussels | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina - All locations | Sarajevo | ||||
| Croatia - All locations | Zagreb | ||||
| Czech Republic - All locations | Prague | ||||
| Denmark - All locations | Copenhagen | ||||
| France - All of locations observing DST | Paris | ||||
| Germany - All locations | Berlin(Berlin) Frankfurt(Hesse) | ||||
| Gibraltar - All locations | Gibraltar | ||||
| Holy See (Vatican City) - All locations | Vatican City | ||||
| Hungary - All locations | Budapest | ||||
| Italy - All locations | Milan Rome | ||||
| Kosovo - All locations | Pristina | ||||
| Liechtenstein - All locations | Vaduz | ||||
| Luxembourg - All locations | Luxembourg | ||||
| Macedonia, Republic of - All locations | Skopje | ||||
| Malta - All locations | Valletta | ||||
| Monaco - All locations | Monaco | ||||
| Montenegro - All locations | Podgorica | ||||
| Netherlands - All of locations observing DST | Amsterdam | ||||
| Norway - All locations | Hammerfest Longyearbyen(Svalbard) Oslo | ||||
| Poland - All locations | Warsaw | ||||
| San Marino - All locations | San Marino | ||||
| Serbia - All locations | Belgrade | ||||
| Slovakia - All locations | Bratislava | ||||
| Slovenia - All locations | Ljubljana | ||||
| Spain - Most locations | Barcelona(Barcelona) Madrid Palma(Majorca) | ||||
| Sweden - All locations | Stockholm | ||||
| Switzerland - All locations | Bern Geneva Zürich | ||||
| Oct 28 at 01:00:00 | Sun 4:00 AM | back to | Sun 3:00 AM | Bulgaria - All locations | Sofia |
| Cyprus - All locations | Nicosia | ||||
| Estonia - All locations | Tallinn | ||||
| Finland - All locations | Helsinki Rovaniemi | ||||
| Greece - All locations | Athens | ||||
| Latvia - All locations | Riga | ||||
| Lithuania - All locations | Vilnius | ||||
| Moldova - All locations | Chisinau | ||||
| Romania - All locations | Bucharest | ||||
| Turkey - All locations | Ankara Istanbul | ||||
| Ukraine - All locations | Kyiv Odesa | ||||
| Oct 28 at 07:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Mexico - Most of locations observing DST | Acapulco(Guerrero) Aguascalientes(Aguascalientes) Guadalajara(Jalisco) Mexico City(Federal District) Veracruz(Veracruz) |
| Oct 28 at 08:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Mexico - Some of locations observing DST | Mazatlan(Sinaloa) |
| Nov 4 at 04:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon - All locations | Saint-Pierre |
| Nov 4 at 04:30:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | St. John's(Newfoundland and Labrador) |
| Nov 4 at 05:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Bermuda - All locations | Hamilton |
| Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Halifax(Nova Scotia) Happy Valley-Goose Bay(Newfoundland and Labrador) Saint John(New Brunswick) | ||||
| Greenland - Some of locations observing DST | Qaanaaq | ||||
| Nov 4 at 06:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Montreal(Quebec) Ottawa(Ontario) Pond Inlet(Nunavut Territory) Québec(Quebec) Toronto(Ontario) |
| The Bahamas - All locations | Nassau | ||||
| Turks and Caicos Islands - All locations | Cockburn Town | ||||
| United States - Some of locations observing DST | Atlanta(Georgia) Augusta(Maine) Baltimore(Maryland) Boston(Massachusetts) Charleston(West Virginia) Columbia(South Carolina) Columbus(Ohio) Concord(New Hampshire) Detroit(Michigan) Hartford(Connecticut) Indianapolis(Indiana) Louisville(Kentucky) Miami(Florida) Montpelier(Vermont) New York(New York) Philadelphia(Pennsylvania) Raleigh(North Carolina) Richmond(Virginia) Washington DC(District of Columbia) | ||||
| Nov 4 at 07:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Baker Lake(Nunavut Territory) Resolute(Nunavut Territory) Winnipeg(Manitoba) |
| Mexico - Some of locations observing DST | Matamoros(Tamaulipas) | ||||
| United States - Some of locations observing DST | Austin(Texas) Bismarck(North Dakota) Chicago(Illinois) Dallas(Texas) Des Moines(Iowa) Houston(Texas) Jackson(Mississippi) Kansas City(Missouri) Lincoln(Nebraska) Little Rock(Arkansas) Madison(Wisconsin) Milwaukee(Wisconsin) Minneapolis(Minnesota) Montgomery(Alabama) Nashville(Tennessee) New Orleans(Louisiana) Oklahoma City(Oklahoma) Sioux Falls(South Dakota) St. Louis(Missouri) St. Paul(Minnesota) Topeka(Kansas) | ||||
| Nov 4 at 08:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Calgary(Alberta) Edmonton(Alberta) Inuvik(Northwest Territories) Yellowknife(Northwest Territories) |
| Mexico - Some of locations observing DST | Ciudad Juárez(Chihuahua) | ||||
| United States - Some of locations observing DST | Albuquerque(New Mexico) Billings(Montana) Boise(Idaho) Cheyenne(Wyoming) Denver(Colorado) Rapid City(South Dakota) Salt Lake City(Utah) | ||||
| Nov 4 at 09:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Vancouver(British Columbia) Whitehorse(Yukon Territory) |
| Mexico - Some of locations observing DST | Mexicali(Baja California) Tijuana(Baja California) | ||||
| United States - Some of locations observing DST | Las Vegas(Nevada) Los Angeles(California) Portland(Oregon) Sacramento(California) Salem(Oregon) San Diego(California) San Francisco(California) San Jose(California) Seattle(Washington) | ||||
| Nov 4 at 10:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | United States - Some of locations observing DST | Anchorage(Alaska) Fairbanks(Alaska) Unalaska(Alaska) |
| Nov 4 at 11:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | United States - Some of locations observing DST | Adak(Alaska) |
| Nov 11 at 05:00:00 | Sun 1:00 AM | back to | Midnight Sat-Sun | Cuba - All locations | Havana |
Daylight Saving Time for other years
| Yearly overview | January–June | July–December |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | first half of 2010 | second half of 2010 |
| 2011 | first half of 2011 | second half of 2011 |
| 2012 | first half of 2012 | second half of 2012 |
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