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Congress in , established a system of uniform within each time zone daylight time throughout most of the U. In Canada, it's up to each province to decide whether to use daylight time, and not all do. Most — but not all — jurisdictions in Canada and the U.
Legislation in the United States in moved the start of daylight time three weeks earlier in the spring and the return to standard time a week later in the fall. The change was aimed at trying to help save energy, since people aren't expected to need their lights on as early in the evening. But there is still some debate about whether the change reduces energy consumption.
A report from the U. Department of Energy anticipated electricity savings of four-tenths of a per cent per day of extended daylight time, totalling 0.
As to the environmental impact, the non-profit group American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy estimated the prolonged period of daylight time would cut carbon emissions by Canada followed suit, saying it was essential to co-ordinate with the U.
Most of Saskatchewan has not observed daylight time since and stays on central standard time all year round. Some border towns follow the time schemes of their neighbours in Manitoba or Alberta. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall had promised a referendum on daylight saving time in the election.
But in March he said one wasn't needed. In Canada, areas of Quebec east of 63 degrees west longitude do not change to daylight time and remain on Atlantic standard time year round. Pockets of Ontario and British Columbia do not use daylight time. Daylight time is observed in most of the United States. Virgin Islands — do not participate. For example, Chile delayed its changeover date for the Pope's visit in , as well as for a presidential inauguration in In Australia, daylight saving was first introduced during World War I under Commonwealth legislation which, due to wartime emergency, was binding on all the states.
During the World Wars, Daylight Saving Time was implemented for the late summers beginning January and , and the full summers beginning September and Western Australia did not use DST during the summer of In , Tasmania experienced a drought, which depleted their reserves of water.
The state government introduced one hour of daylight saving that summer as a means of saving power and hence water. Tasmanians reacted favorably to daylight saving and the Tasmanian government has declared daylight saving each summer since After persuasion by the Tasmanian Government, all states except Western Australia and the Northern Territory passed legislation in for a trial season of daylight saving. The following year, New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria joined Tasmania for regular daylight saving, but Queensland did not do so until Tasmania, Queensland, and Western Australia have had erratic schedules, often changing their dates due to politics and to accommodate festivals.
In , for example, Tasmania extended daylight saving by an additional month while South Australia began extending daylight saving by two weeks to encompass the Adelaide Festival. Special daylight saving arrangements were observed during the Sydney Olympic Games. Queensland does not have daylight saving, although they implemented it from to before it was voted down.
But in March , the Federal Government decided not proceed with the bill, and the setting of time zones and daylight saving remains the responsibility of the state and territory governments.
The lack of uniformity of daylight saving in Australia continues to cause significant problems for the transportation and communication industries. It also reduces the number of hours in the working day that are common to all centers in the country. In particular, time differences along the East Coast cause major difficulties, especially for the broadcasters of national radio and television.
Western Australia enacted a three-year trial of Daylight Saving Time beginning in December and ending in March Rural areas of the state were overwhelmingly against the measure, and younger voters split fairly evenly for and against.
Even DST advocates don't expect another vote on the issue for at least a decade. Bangladesh instituted Daylight Saving Time at p. DST was launched in an effort to address severe power shortages and outages in the country.
The government has not announced an end date for DST, but some sources say it will continue through September , while others say it will end in October Despite efforts by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry to have daylight saving introduced to cut Japan's energy consumption, opposition from farmers and the Ministry of Education which was concerned that lighter evenings would entice school children from their homework has continued to win the day.
Israel always has Daylight Saving Time, but until , it was decided every year by the Ministry of Interior. One element was entrenched in law, however: that there had to be at least days of Daylight Saving Time annually.
Standard Time. An exception was , when the change back to Standard Time took place on Sunday night instead of Saturday night to avoid conflicts with the Jewish New Year.
From to , the change to Daylight Saving Time was on a Friday morning, but from a. IST to a. IDT to a.
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