[tz] Weeks in Daylight Saving Time

[Hank W.]

I just answered a question on Wiki Answers regarding how many weeks are in
Daylight Saving Time.  I don’t know if any of you ever figured this out, so
I thought some of you might find this interesting.

Hank W. of Austin

 

The duration of Daylight Saving Time (a.k.a. Summer Time) ranges from a low
of 12 weeks in Fiji to a high of 34 weeks in North America and Chile (for
reference, 3 months = 13 weeks, 6 months = 26 weeks, and 9 months = 39
weeks).... 

34 weeks/year : 

*	United States
*	Canada
*	Cuba
*	Haiti
*	Bermuda
*	Bahamas
*	Turks & Caicos
*	part of Greenland
*	Saint-Pierre & Miquelon
*	parts of Mexico


33 or 34 weeks/year : 

*	Chile
*	Easter Island
*	part of Antarctica


30½ or 31½ weeks/year in Israel 

30 or 31 weeks/year : 

*	Europe, except Russia, Belarus and part of Ukraine
*	Azerbaijan
*	Turkey
*	Cyprus
*	Jordan
*	Lebanon
*	Syria
*	Namibia
*	most of Greenland
*	Azores
*	Canary Islands
*	Madeira Islands


29 or 30 weeks/year in most of Mexico 

27 or 28 weeks/year : 

*	New Zealand
*	Chatham Islands
*	Samoa
*	part of Antarctica


26½ weeks/year in Iran 

26 or 27 weeks/year in Australia 

25½ to 31 weeks/year in Morocco and Western Sahara 

25 or 26 weeks/year in the Palestinian Territories 

24 or 25 weeks/year in Paraguay 

22 or 23 weeks/year in Uruguay 

17½ to 22 weeks/year in Egypt 

17 to 19 weeks/year in Brazil 

12 or 13 weeks/year in Fiji

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