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Daylight savings cheat sheet

Not every city observes daylight savings, and those that do flip on different weeks. Use this quick reference to know when offsets change before you hop back to the quiz.

New York

United States

GMT-05:00
Daylight savings
Observed
Standard offset
GMT-05:00 (DST: GMT-04:00)
DST begins
Second Sunday in March (2:00 AM local → 3:00 AM EDT)
DST ends
First Sunday in November (2:00 AM EDT → 1:00 AM EST)

Los Angeles

United States

GMT-08:00
Daylight savings
Observed
Standard offset
GMT-08:00 (DST: GMT-07:00)
DST begins
Second Sunday in March (2:00 AM PST → 3:00 AM PDT)
DST ends
First Sunday in November (2:00 AM PDT → 1:00 AM PST)

London

United Kingdom

GMT±00:00
Daylight savings
Observed
Standard offset
GMT+00:00 (DST: GMT+01:00)
DST begins
Last Sunday in March (1:00 AM GMT → 2:00 AM BST)
DST ends
Last Sunday in October (2:00 AM BST → 1:00 AM GMT)

Paris

France

GMT+01:00
Daylight savings
Observed
Standard offset
GMT+01:00 (DST: GMT+02:00)
DST begins
Last Sunday in March (2:00 AM CET → 3:00 AM CEST)
DST ends
Last Sunday in October (3:00 AM CEST → 2:00 AM CET)

Berlin

Germany

GMT+01:00
Daylight savings
Observed
Standard offset
GMT+01:00 (DST: GMT+02:00)
DST begins
Last Sunday in March (2:00 AM CET → 3:00 AM CEST)
DST ends
Last Sunday in October (3:00 AM CEST → 2:00 AM CET)

Auckland

New Zealand

GMT+13:00
Daylight savings
Observed
Standard offset
GMT+12:00 (DST: GMT+13:00)
DST begins
Last Sunday in September (2:00 AM NZST → 3:00 AM NZDT)
DST ends
First Sunday in April (3:00 AM NZDT → 2:00 AM NZST)

Sydney

Australia

GMT+11:00
Daylight savings
Observed
Standard offset
GMT+10:00 (DST: GMT+11:00)
DST begins
First Sunday in October (2:00 AM AEST → 3:00 AM AEDT)
DST ends
First Sunday in April (3:00 AM AEDT → 2:00 AM AEST)

Tokyo

Japan

GMT+09:00
Daylight savings
Not observed (offset fixed year-round)
Standard offset
GMT+09:00

Mumbai

India

GMT+05:30
Daylight savings
Not observed (offset fixed year-round)
Standard offset
GMT+05:30

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

GMT+04:00
Daylight savings
Not observed (offset fixed year-round)
Standard offset
GMT+04:00

São Paulo

Brazil

GMT-03:00
Daylight savings
Not observed (offset fixed year-round)
Standard offset
GMT-03:00

Johannesburg

South Africa

GMT+02:00
Daylight savings
Not observed (offset fixed year-round)
Standard offset
GMT+02:00

Singapore

Singapore

GMT+08:00
Daylight savings
Not observed (offset fixed year-round)
Standard offset
GMT+08:00

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

GMT±00:00
Daylight savings
Not observed (offset fixed year-round)
Standard offset
GMT+00:00