Sunday, March 10, 2013

#015 You Might Live in Scotland If...

... on today ~ March 10, 2013, it is Mother's Day. 

... but you will not experience Daylight Savings Time
 until March 31st (Easter Sunday).

Whereas in the U.S. ~ Mother's Day will be on May 12th...

...and they moved their clocks forward today!

I found the following information in an interesting post about Daylight Savings Time across the globe. 

Daylight Saving Time statistics for 2013

Daylight Saving Time observance?CountExample
Countries and territories which do not observe DST at all159China
Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST79United States
–Countries and territories where all locations observe DST some part of the year68Germany
–Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST part of the year10United States
–Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST all year2Macquarie Island
–Countries and territories where all locations observe DST all year1Falkland Islands

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