Time Zone News

Brazil has abolished its fourth time zone, which means that people living southwest of the Amazon rainforest region and other areas are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

After much speculation on a possible re-introduction of daylight saving time in South Africa, it has been confirmed that the nation will not use it in the near future.

For the first time since the late 1970s, Morocco will observe daylight saving time by moving the clock one hour forward (UTC+1) at midnight between May 31 and June 1, 2008.