Daylight savings time

 

The U.S. is about to go on Daylight Savings Time. Although there has been much discussion about whether to do away with it altogether, this isn't the year.

There are those that hate it. I like it, mainly because I love how in the fall when we set the clocks back to "normal" time and I am given another hour. It is all I can do to stop my husband from changing the clocks in the middle of the night. If he does that I can't  "discover" it is only four on Sunday afternoon and I have one more hour of weekend. 

I have no problem with going onto DST in the middle of the night. And I will admit I like the extra hour of daylight.

What is more confusing that not all countries change on the same day. As usual, the U.S. is in the minority compared to the rest of the world, but less so than they are with standardized paper sizes (the blog tomorrow).

If you are like us and have to make international calls, the time differences can be difficult without these changes. Here's a list of dates that different countries change.

DST Change March 14

Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Cuba, Fiji, Haiti, St. Pierre and Miquelon, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands

DST Change March 16

Western Sahara

DST Change March 17

Iran

DST Change March 27

Greenland, Palestine 

DST Change March 26

Israel, Jordan, Syria

DST Change March 28

Aland Islands, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldavia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City.

DST Change May 16

Morocco, Western Sahara

If the country on the map is white, there is no change.

There are also several good time converters on the internet. https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/