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Clock Changes in Chatham Islands, New Zealand 2015

Next change:
Sep
29
1 hour Forward

Sep 29, 2024, 2:45 am

End DST: Sunday, April 5, 2015 — 1 hour backward
Start DST: Sunday, September 27, 2015 — 1 hour forward
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Apr 5

Back 1 hour

Apr 5, 2015 - Daylight Saving Time Ended

When local daylight time was about to reach
Sunday, April 5, 2015, 3:45:00 am clocks were turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, April 5, 2015, 2:45:00 am local standard time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour earlier on Apr 5, 2015 than the day before. There was more light in the morning.

Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.

More info:
Australia & New Zealand end DST on April 5, 2015
Australia & New Zealand Start DST

Sep 27

Forward 1 hour

Sep 27, 2015 - Daylight Saving Time Started

When local standard time was about to reach
Sunday, September 27, 2015, 2:45:00 am clocks were turned forward 1 hour to
Sunday, September 27, 2015, 3:45:00 am local daylight time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on Sep 27, 2015 than the day before. There was more light in the evening.

Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.

More info:
Australia & New Zealand Start DST
Kiwis Start DST on Sunday, September 27, 2015

Other years: 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018

When Does DST Start and End on the Chatham Islands?

During Daylight Saving Time (DST) the clocks on the Chatham Islands are set forward 1 hour from UTC+12:45 to UTC+13:45. DST starts on the last Sunday of September and ends the first Sunday of April, the same as mainland New Zealand.

DST History of the Chatham Islands

Chatham Islands started observing Daylight Saving Time (DST) in 1974 at the same time as DST was introduced in New Zealand with the Time Act 1974.