Daylight saving time in Chile

Daylight saving time in Chile

Daylight saving time in Chile is used in Chile.

Several exceptions have been decreed to the current rule that began in 1970.

In 1987 the daylight saving time change was delayed until Saturday 11 April to accommodate a visit by Pope John Paul II[1]

In 1988 the daylight saving time began a week earlier, in order to have more light for the Chilean national plebiscite of 5 October[2]

In 1990 the daylight saving time end was delayed up to 17 March, because Patricio Aylwin began his presidential period on 11 March[2]

In 1990 the daylight saving time beginning was at the end of 15 September, in order to save electricity due to unfavorable hydrological conditions[2]

In 1997 the standard time beginning was at the end of 29 March, in order to cope with the unfavorable hydrological conditions[3]

In 1999 the daylight saving time end was delayed to the first Saturday of April, due to a severe drought[1]

In 2008 the daylight saving time end was delayed 3 weeks, due to a severe drought[1]

Due to the 2010 Chile earthquake daylight saving time ended at 0:00 of 4 April on Continental Chile (20:00 Saturday 3rd on Easter Island)[4]

In 2011 the government decided to make the change in the first Saturday of April. Later the change was postposed to the first Saturday of May.[5]


See also

References

  1. ^ a b c History of the Official Time of Chile Hora Oficial de Chile
  2. ^ a b c Preguntas Frecuentes, Hora Oficial de Chile, page 5, (Spanish)
  3. ^ Preguntas Frecuentes, Hora Oficial de Chile, page 6, (Spanish)
  4. ^ Chile Extends Daylight Saving Due to Earthquake Time and Date, 10 March 2010
  5. ^ EMOL, March 28, 2011, Gobierno pospone cambio de hora hasta el primer sábado de mayo (Spanish)
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