What / When Is Daylight Savings Time - DST Ends 11/02/14

The Clock-Changing Reality...

What one is "supposed" to do is reset all the clocks before going to bed. However, more often than
not, that usually does not happen. The clocks get reset Sunday throughout the day; this is because
there are usually so many of them. The various computer and computer-related clocks are also
checked to see if they were coordinated enough to do it themselves as they are supposed to.
If you are looking to reset accurately right down to the precise second, you can do so at
www.time.gov.
Daylight Savings Time changes are also supposed to be the bi-annual reminder to change your fire,
smoke, and carbon monoxide detector batteries.
GMT / UTC do not do DST
In other words, as Daylight Savings Time comes and goes, the GMT / UTC offsets change. As an
example, for the US East Coast, the UTC offset changes from -5 to -4 during DST. For the US West
Coast, the UTC offset changes from -8 to -7 during DST.
DST World Overview
Canada is as the US; most provinces and territories take it, some leave it. Mexico is the same.
Central and South America mostly want nothing to do with Daylight Savings Time; however, Chile
and parts of Brazil do indeed do DST.
Europe mostly does do Daylight Savings Time. Russia, China, and all of Asia want absolutely nothing
to do with it.
Australia is as the US, Canada and Mexico; majority do, but some don't.
Africa is 90% don't do DST and 10% do do DST.
World overview summary:
Looks like our species can't even agree on what time it is. But that's OK, we somehow still manage to
keep muddling along. In all seriousness, geography and cultural differences do sometimes
necessitate adjustments.

Non-US start-and-end dates can usually be found at www.timeanddate.com.

World Time Zone Abbreviations
There sure are a lot of them... Not only that, many of the abbreviations are not unique. The whole
thing is a complete, non-standardized mess. The timeanddate website appears to have the best
compilation of world time zone abbreviations available.