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Syria’s Daylight Saving Starts on March 27, 2009

Syria will observe daylight saving time on 27 March, 2009.

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Syria Starts DST on March 27, 2009

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Syria will start daylight saving time at midnight (00:00) between Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27, in 2009. The Presidency of the Council of Ministers recently issued a communiqué to confirm this arrangement, also known as “summer time”, which will see the clocks move one hour forward.

2009 Daylight Saving Schedule

Syria will observe Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), which is three hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or UTC +3 hours, during the 2009 daylight saving schedule. The 2009 daylight saving arrangement is a few days earlier than the 2008 daylight saving schedule, which started at midnight (00:00) between April 3 and April 4, 2008.

Syria observes daylight saving time to save energy during country’s summer months. The Ministry of Electricity had suggested daylight saving time in Syria to begin on the above-mentioned dates for 2009. Interestingly, the ministry also discussed at a recent Cabinet meeting a memo on the expected demand for energy in 2009 and upcoming years.

The daylight saving arrangement is expected to end at midnight (00:00) between the Saturday, October 31, and Sunday, November 1, when the clocks will move back by one hour to 11pm (or 23:00) on Saturday, October 31. However, the end date has not yet been confirmed.

Time Zone

Syria is on Eastern European Time (EET), which is UTC +2 hours, during the non-daylight saving schedule. The nation moves the hour forward by one hour to EEST (UTC +3 hours), when it observes daylight saving time.

Dates of Daylight Saving Time 1983–2009

These are the dates Daylight Saving Time started and ended in Syria since 1983.


YearStart dateEnd dateDaylight duration
1970May 1Oct 121 weeks and 6 days
1971May 1Oct 121 weeks and 6 days
1972May 1Oct 121 weeks and 6 days
1973May 1Oct 121 weeks and 6 days
1974May 1Oct 121 weeks and 6 days
1975May 1Oct 121 weeks and 6 days
1976May 1Oct 121 weeks and 6 days
1977May 1Sep 117 weeks and 4 days
1978May 1Sep 117 weeks and 4 days
1983Apr 9Oct 125 weeks
1984Apr 9Oct 125 weeks
1986Feb 16Oct 933 weeks and 4 days
1987Mar 1Oct 3134 weeks and 6 days
1988Mar 15Oct 3132 weeks and 6 days
1989Mar 31Oct 126 weeks and 2 days
1990Apr 1Sep 3026 weeks
1991Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
1992Apr 8Oct 125 weeks and 1 day
1993Mar 26Sep 2526 weeks and 1 day
1994Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
1995Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
1996Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
1997Mar 31Oct 126 weeks and 2 days
1998Mar 30Oct 126 weeks and 3 days
1999Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
2000Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
2001Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
2002Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
2003Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
2004Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
2005Apr 1Oct 126 weeks and 1 day
2006Apr 1Sep 2224 weeks and 6 days
2007Mar 30Nov 231 weeks
2008Apr 4Nov 130 weeks and 1 day
2009Mar 27Oct 3031 weeks
2010Apr 2Oct 2930 weeks
2011Apr 1Oct 2830 weeks
2012Mar 30Oct 2630 weeks
2013Mar 29Oct 2530 weeks
2014Mar 28Oct 3131 weeks
2015Mar 27Oct 3031 weeks