Chile reintroduces DST
2016-03-13
Chile's Ministry of Energy announced today that Chile will be observing daylight saving time again. Chile Standard Time will be changed back to UTC -4 at 00:00 on 15 May, and DST will be observed from 00:00 on 14 August 2016, changing time in Chile to UTC -3.
Chile used to observe DST every year until a permanent UTC offset of -3 was introduced in 2015.
Time in Chile: http://time.is/Chile
Time on Easter Island: http://time.is/Easter_Island
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