In 2008 when does Daylight Saving Time start in Brazil?

Answer 1

Brazil

Equatorial Brazil does not observe DST. Start: Third Sunday in October

End: Third Sunday in February "summer schedule", will start on October 19, 2008. At the first minute of October 19, 2008, Brazil clocks will be adjusted forward one hour in the South, Southeast and Central West regions. The time difference between the US and Brazil is smallest during the US summer, when the US is in Daylight Saving Time and Brazil is not. As of this writing on October 8, it's 7:30p in New York City and 8:30p in Rio de Janeiro. When US clocks "fall back" in the northern hemisphere fall, the time difference between New York City and Rio de Janeiro will be three hours. Today Folha Online reported that Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has established the third Sunday in October and the third Sunday in February as the starting and closing days for Brazil Daylight Saving Time. In years when the closing Sunday happens to be Carnival Sunday, clocks will only be adusted back on the following Sunday. Brazil Daylight Saving Time 2008/2009 will end on February 15, 2009. The time when clocks are changed is always what is called 0 hora in Brazil, that is, 12 o'clock of the night when that day starts. Brazil

Equatorial Brazil does not observe DST. Start: Third Sunday in October

End: Third Sunday in February "summer schedule", will start on October 19, 2008. At the first minute of October 19, 2008, Brazil clocks will be adjusted forward one hour in the South, Southeast and Central West regions. The time difference between the US and Brazil is smallest during the US summer, when the US is in Daylight Saving Time and Brazil is not. As of this writing on October 8, it's 7:30p in New York City and 8:30p in Rio de Janeiro. When US clocks "fall back" in the northern hemisphere fall, the time difference between New York City and Rio de Janeiro will be three hours. Today Folha Online reported that Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has established the third Sunday in October and the third Sunday in February as the starting and closing days for Brazil Daylight Saving Time. In years when the closing Sunday happens to be Carnival Sunday, clocks will only be adusted back on the following Sunday. Brazil Daylight Saving Time 2008/2009 will end on February 15, 2009. The time when clocks are changed is always what is called 0 hora in Brazil, that is, 12 o'clock of the night when that day starts.

Answer 2

Yes, Daylight Saving Time in Brazil typically starts in October and ends in February. (They are on the other side of the equator so their seasons are during opposite dates).

Only 12 of Brazil's 27 states plus the Federal District observe Summer Time (a.k.a. Daylight Saving Time). Two of the six states in the Amazon Time Zone observe Summer Time, and ten of the 21 states in the Brasilia Time Zone do so.

Answer 3

According to Globo.com, a Brazilian news service, "Horário de verão" or Summer hours, begins at midnight October 19, 2009 and ends at midnight February 15, 2010.