Daylight saving time in Asia

DST is for 2011 used the following Asian countries:

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Cyprus
• Iran
• Israel
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Territories governed by the Palestinian National Authority
• Syria
• Turkey

By country

China, People's Republic of

Main article: China Standard Time

The People's Republic of China experimented with DST from 1986, but abandoned DST from 1992 onwards. The PRC now uses one time zone (UTC+8) for the whole country.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong used DST beginning in 1948, but abandoned it from 1980 onwards.^[1]

India

The Republic of India used Daylight Saving Time (DST) briefly during wartime. Currently, India does not observe DST.

Jordan

Jordan UTC+2 observes daylight saving time from the last Friday of March to the last Friday of October.

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan voted to stop observing DST in 2005 and remain on UTC+6 as Standard Time (which used to be Kyrgyzstan Summer Time), thus still saving energy.

Malaysia

Malaysia used DST from January 1, 1933, but discontinued on December 31, 1981 to replace Malaysian Standard Time.

South Korea

South Korea observed DST from 1948-51, from 1955-60, and from 1987-88. South Korea does not currently observe DST.

Syria

Syria observed DST at UTC+3, in 2006 from 30 March until 21 September (a change from 30 September). Now, DST is observed from the last Friday of March to the last Friday of October.

Taiwan

Taiwan implemented DST from 1945-61, revoked DST from 1962-73, reinstated DST from 1974-75, revoked DST from 1976-79 and reinstated it in 1980. Taiwan abandoned DST from 1981 onwards.

References

1. ^ "Hong Kong Observatory: Hong Kong Summer Time". Hong Kong Observatory. 2009-10-02. http://www.weather.gov.hk/gts/time/Summertime.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 

See also

• Daylight saving time
• Daylight saving time by country
• Daylight saving time in Oceania
• Daylight saving time in Africa
• Daylight saving time in Europe
• Daylight saving time in North America
• Daylight saving time in South America