How do daylight savings time and Easter relate?

Answer 1

There is no direct correlation between Easter and Daylight Saving Time except that Easter falls in the northern hemisphere's early spring, and that is the most popular time of the year to begin Daylight Saving Time in the northern hemisphere and to end it in the Southern Hemisphere.

Ever since the United States and Canada changed their Daylight Saving Time schedule in 2007, Easter there is always during Daylight Saving Time. Currently, of the places in North America that observe Daylight Saving Time, the majority of Mexico is the only place that is not on the same schedule as the U.S. (they follow the U.S.'s previous schedule, which is a little closer to making sense).

In Europe, Easter Monday is always during Summer Time, and if it's not Summer Time at the beginning of Easter Sunday, it will be in one to three hours. Although that is not always the case, the next time that it's not the case (the next time that Easter falls before the last Sunday of March, like it did in 2008) is in 2160.

In Australia and New Zealand, if Easter falls in March, it's in Summer Time. If it falls in April, it's in Standard Time.

Among South American countries that observe Summer Time, Easter is always during Standard Time in Brazil and Uruguay, and it's always during Summer Time in Chile. In Paraguay it's about 50/50.