Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
observes
UTC−04:00 for standard time (PYT), and
UTC−03:00 for
daylight saving time
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...
/summer time (PYST).
Daylight saving time
Paraguay observes DST under decree 1867 of March 5, 2004. DST ends on the third Sunday of March and starts on the first Sunday of October.
In 2007, DST started on October 15, 2006 and ended on March 11, 2007.
In 2010,
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
changed its own DST rules because of the energy crisis, ending DST on the second Sunday in April, a month later than previous years.
In 2013 Paraguay changed the ending date of daylight saving to the fourth Sunday in March.
The starting date remains unchanged.
In 5 August 2020, an initiative arose to keep the daylight saving time as the official year-round time,
with the intention to align Paraguay with neighbors Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
See also
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Daylight saving time by country
Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight during the daytime. This includes direct sunlight, diffuse sky radiation, and (often) both of these reflected by Earth and terrestrial objects, like landforms and buildings. Sunligh ...
References
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
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