New start date for DST in Brazil
2017-12-18
Daylight Saving Time in Brazil will from 2018 be starting on the first Sunday of November, instead of the third Sunday of October.
The delayed DST is believed to increase participation in the elections next year.
Brazil has four time zones. Daylight Saving Time is observed in two of them.
Time in Brazil now: https://time.is/Brazil
Sources
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Imprensa Nacional (in Portuguese)
DECRETO Nº 9.242, DE 15 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2017 -
IANA Time Zone Database Mailing List
Brazil moves DST start to November -
EXAME (in Portuguese)
Por eleição, Temer reduz período de horário de verão de 2018
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