Time Zone News

A week ago, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio sent a letter requesting the Commerce Committee to consider the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 (S. 623). He sent this letter to Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce. Rubio has r... read more

North Carolina State Rep. Jon Hardister has introduced a new bill in the NC General Assembly to put the state back on Daylight Saving Time year-round. The bill aims to help the residents maximize daylight hours, which would be possible with approval from a legislature or Congress.  According to H... read more

The last Saturday of March should be the end of Daylight Saving Time in most European countries. However, this was postponed because of the current pandemic. The coronavirus has brought challenges around the world, and Slovakia is no exception. Because of the pandemic, the country has not decided ... read more

To maximize daylight hours brought by the clock change this year, the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury residential solid waste convenience centers have returned their pre-storm operations on April 8, Thursday, with expanded operating hours. The sites are open weekly from Thursday to Monday but closed... read more

Pennsylvania is the 16th state that passes a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. The statehouse has passed a bill recently to make the clock change year-round throughout Pennsylvania. According to Penn Live, the statehouse passed the bill with a vote of 103-98. Although the bill has to p... read more

Rowdy Gaudet, a member of the governing council of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, is considering asking his local government to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) year-round. This Louisiana official tells The Advocate that he will ask the Metro Council by next week urging the state's congre... read more

Daylight Saving Time is about to end on Sunday, April 4, in several places in Australia. At precisely three o'clock in the morning, the clocks will be set one hour backward to two o'clock. This means those living in NSW, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria need to adjust their clocks before go... read more

Georgia lawmakers have voted 45-6 to put the state on Daylight Saving Time permanently. This has been decided on the final day of this year's legislation, bringing an end to a long-time debate whether to put Georgia in permanent DST or not. Although there's already a final decision based on the st... read more

Morocco’s Ministry of Economy and Finance has recently announced that the country will suspend the Daylight Saving Time on April 11. As a result, people need to switch their clocks back to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to give way to Ramadan. Every year, Morocco ditches DST a few days before the occas... read more

Pennsylvania's statehouse is considering a bill that will make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Representative Ryan Mackenzie, a representative of Berks and Lehigh counties, introduced the bill and called on Congress to adopt the yearly tradition year-round.  According to Mackenzie, the bill will ... read more

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