Tunisia Abandons Daylight Saving Time in 2009
Tunisia will not have daylight saving time in 2009 and will remain on Central European Time.
Tunisia will not pursue daylight saving time in 2009 and will remain on Central European Time (CET), which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC+1 hour. The Tunisian government recently issued a communiqué about the confirmed cancellation of daylight saving time in 2009.
Different Views on Government’s Decision
The Tunisian government sought public opinion on the daylight saving issue. There were many people who supported the government’s decision, especially those believed that daylight saving time was detrimental to health and contributed to sleep deprivation. Some people believed that the extra hour of sunlight in the afternoon created an imbalance to the day during the daylight saving schedule. There were also those who said that daylight saving time did not contribute to energy savings in the country.
Those who were against the government’s decision to abolish the daylight saving arrangement believed that daylight saving time did in fact save energy for many as the extra hour of sunlight later in the day meant less usage of artificial lighting and electricity. Others remained neutral about the decision.
Time Zones
Tunisia has observed daylight saving time in previous years. For example, the country observed the schedule on an annual basis from 2005 until 2008. It was on Central European Summer Time (CEST), which is UTC +2 hours, during the daylight saving period. It is on Central European Time (CET), which is UTC +1 hour, when during the non-daylight saving period. The country will remain on CET in 2009 as it will not observe daylight saving time.
Dates of Daylight Saving Time 2005–2008
These are the dates Daylight Saving Time started and ended in Tunisia since 2005.Current Local Times Around the World | |||||||
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Accra | Tue 20:21 | Casablanca * | Tue 21:21 | Kolkata | Wed 01:51 | Reykjavik | Tue 20:21 |
Addis Ababa | Tue 23:21 | Chicago * | Tue 15:21 | Kuala Lumpur | Wed 04:21 | Rio de Janeiro | Tue 17:21 |
Adelaide | Wed 05:51 | Copenhagen * | Tue 22:21 | Kuwait City | Tue 23:21 | Riyadh | Tue 23:21 |
Algiers | Tue 21:21 | Dallas * | Tue 15:21 | Kyiv * | Tue 23:21 | Rome * | Tue 22:21 |
Almaty | Wed 02:21 | Dar es Salaam | Tue 23:21 | La Paz | Tue 16:21 | Salt Lake City * | Tue 14:21 |
Amman * | Tue 23:21 | Darwin | Wed 05:51 | Lagos | Tue 21:21 | San Francisco * | Tue 13:21 |
Amsterdam * | Tue 22:21 | Denver * | Tue 14:21 | Lahore | Wed 01:21 | San Juan | Tue 16:21 |
Anadyr | Wed 08:21 | Detroit * | Tue 16:21 | Las Vegas * | Tue 13:21 | San Salvador | Tue 14:21 |
Anchorage * | Tue 12:21 | Dhaka | Wed 02:21 | Lima | Tue 15:21 | Santiago | Tue 16:21 |
Ankara | Tue 23:21 | Doha | Tue 23:21 | Lisbon * | Tue 21:21 | Santo Domingo | Tue 16:21 |
Antananarivo | Tue 23:21 | Dubai | Wed 00:21 | London * | Tue 21:21 | São Paulo | Tue 17:21 |
Asuncion | Tue 16:21 | Dublin * | Tue 21:21 | Los Angeles * | Tue 13:21 | Seattle * | Tue 13:21 |
Athens * | Tue 23:21 | Edmonton * | Tue 14:21 | Madrid * | Tue 22:21 | Seoul | Wed 05:21 |
Atlanta * | Tue 16:21 | Frankfurt * | Tue 22:21 | Managua | Tue 14:21 | Shanghai | Wed 04:21 |
Auckland | Wed 08:21 | Guatemala City | Tue 14:21 | Manila | Wed 04:21 | Singapore | Wed 04:21 |
Baghdad | Tue 23:21 | Halifax * | Tue 17:21 | Melbourne | Wed 06:21 | Sofia * | Tue 23:21 |
Bangkok | Wed 03:21 | Hanoi | Wed 03:21 | Mexico City * | Tue 15:21 | St. John's * | Tue 17:51 |
Barcelona * | Tue 22:21 | Harare | Tue 22:21 | Miami * | Tue 16:21 | Stockholm * | Tue 22:21 |
Beijing | Wed 04:21 | Havana * | Tue 16:21 | Minneapolis * | Tue 15:21 | Suva | Wed 08:21 |
Beirut * | Tue 23:21 | Helsinki * | Tue 23:21 | Minsk | Tue 23:21 | Sydney | Wed 06:21 |
Belgrade * | Tue 22:21 | Hong Kong | Wed 04:21 | Montevideo | Tue 17:21 | Taipei | Wed 04:21 |
Bengaluru | Wed 01:51 | Honolulu | Tue 10:21 | Montréal * | Tue 16:21 | Tallinn * | Tue 23:21 |
Berlin * | Tue 22:21 | Houston * | Tue 15:21 | Moscow | Tue 23:21 | Tashkent | Wed 01:21 |
Bogota | Tue 15:21 | Indianapolis * | Tue 16:21 | Mumbai | Wed 01:51 | Tegucigalpa | Tue 14:21 |
Boston * | Tue 16:21 | Islamabad | Wed 01:21 | Nairobi | Tue 23:21 | Tehran * | Wed 00:51 |
Brasilia | Tue 17:21 | Istanbul | Tue 23:21 | Nassau * | Tue 16:21 | Tokyo | Wed 05:21 |
Brisbane | Wed 06:21 | Jakarta | Wed 03:21 | New Delhi | Wed 01:51 | Toronto * | Tue 16:21 |
Brussels * | Tue 22:21 | Jerusalem * | Tue 23:21 | New Orleans * | Tue 15:21 | Vancouver * | Tue 13:21 |
Bucharest * | Tue 23:21 | Johannesburg | Tue 22:21 | New York * | Tue 16:21 | Vienna * | Tue 22:21 |
Budapest * | Tue 22:21 | Kabul | Wed 00:51 | Oslo * | Tue 22:21 | Warsaw * | Tue 22:21 |
Buenos Aires | Tue 17:21 | Karachi | Wed 01:21 | Ottawa * | Tue 16:21 | Washington DC * | Tue 16:21 |
Cairo | Tue 22:21 | Kathmandu | Wed 02:06 | Paris * | Tue 22:21 | Winnipeg * | Tue 15:21 |
Calgary * | Tue 14:21 | Khartoum | Tue 22:21 | Perth | Wed 04:21 | Yangon | Wed 02:51 |
Canberra | Wed 06:21 | Kingston | Tue 15:21 | Philadelphia * | Tue 16:21 | Zagreb * | Tue 22:21 |
Cape Town | Tue 22:21 | Kinshasa | Tue 21:21 | Phoenix | Tue 13:21 | Zürich * | Tue 22:21 |
Caracas | Tue 16:21 | Kiritimati | Wed 10:21 | Prague * | Tue 22:21 |
* Adjusted for Daylight Saving Time (64 places).
Tue = Tuesday, 31 August 2021 (105 places).
Wed = Wednesday, 1 September 2021 (38 places).
UTC (GMT/Zulu)-time: Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 20:21:16
UTC is Coordinated Universal Time, GMT is Greenwich Mean Time.
Great Britain/United Kingdom is one hour ahead of UTC during summer.