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Iran to turn clocks forward one hour to observe DST

Saturday, 19 March 2016 10:43 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 19 March 2016 10:41 AM ]

Iran will turn clocks forward one hour at midnight (2030 GMT) on March 20, 2016 to observe Daylight Saving Time.

Iran will officially move clocks forward by one hour at midnight (2030 GMT) on Sunday, March 20, to observe Daylight Saving Time (DST).

The longer hours of daylight in the evenings will run until September 20, 2016, when Iranians will turn clocks back by an hour.

In 2007, Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) passed a bill mandating the official time to be changed twice a year.

According to the bill, the country’s official time will be changed once at the beginning of the Iranian calendar year (beginning March 21 or March 20 on leap years) and once at the start of the second half of the Iranian year.

DST is the convention of advancing clocks by one hour so that evenings include more hours of daylight.

Typically, clocks are adjusted forward one hour in late winter or early spring and are moved one hour back in fall.

Governments often promote DST as an energy conservation measure on the grounds that it helps substitute natural summer sunlight for electric lighting.

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