How does the rest of the world adjust to the US's decision to change daylight savings?

Question

Since the US has decided to change the date of Daylight Savings, that will obviously create a time problem in the other time zones around the world. Do other countries adjust change their clocks based on the American decision?

Answer 1

Hi Cryptic!

Ideally, everyone will eventually change their start and end dates for Daylight Time to match the US. Don't hold your breath waiting, though.

Airlines and broadcasters just have to do temporary schedules and timetables with one fewer hour between the US and Europe. Remember that since both North America and Europe already have several time zones that businesses have to allow for anyway, it's not like they don't already have experience with multiple time differences.

Those who deal between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres must also cope with different dates AND directions of time change. For instance, while we in the US were turning our clocks ahead, Chile and Uruguay were setting theirs back for the end of Daylight Saving. In northern summer, Chile is two hours ahead of me in New York, but in northern winter we share the same time zone.

Likewise for Europe and Australia, which change their clocks the same day, but in different directions. Toss into this the complication that the state of Western Australia adopted Daylight Saving for the first time in December 2006, and you can see that the change of dates for us in North America is really no great shakes in the grand scheme.

Answer 2

I say, some time previous even as contained in the cases of my grandparents they were attempting to regulate the quantity of gasoline getting used for lighting fixtures so as that more suitable of it may flow to the conflict attempt quite. hence, we nonetheless comply, inspite of the truth that do not question me why! they ought to replace it in the course of the week day, and lets all flow living house one hour early quite of dropping an hour on Sunday hmm?

Answer 3

Oh dear.

The actual standard for time is in the UK, not the U.S. The UK always changes to and from DST on different weeks than the U.S. anyway. It will continue as before.

I just have to remember to leave it for an additional hour before I call my parents in the U.S.