Daylight Savings Time 2009

Posted by: Krishna De | Posted on: March 9th, 2009 | 1 Comments | Posted in: Free resources, Ireland

For those of us working with clients in North America, did you realise that Daylight Savings Time kicked in this weekend?

Daylight Savings Time in the US

Beginning in 2007, most of the United States begans Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November.

Daylight Savings Time in EU

In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1:00 a.m. Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It begins the last Sunday in March and ends the last Sunday in October.

Specific Dates That Daylight Savings Time Changes

US DST dates                                      Europe DST dates

2009    March 8      November 1         March 29     October 25

2010    March 14    November 7         March 28     October 31

2011    March 13    November 6         March 27     October 30

Be sure to update your calendars over the month of March for any meetings you have planned – you don;t want to turn up an hour late do you?!

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Source for details about Daylight Savings Time

Details of Daylight Savings Time in other locations – scroll down the page past the map for the details

World Time Server – my favourite resource for checking times across the globe – and the meeting planner is especially helpful.