The government of Chile favours daylight saving time
This year Chileans get eight months of summer time and four months of standard time: the government has extended daylight saving time to 28 April 2012, instead of 11 March.[1]
The new dates for daylight saving time (DST) in 2012: DST ends on 28 April at 23:59:59 and starts again on 1 September 2012 at 23:59:59.
On 28 April the clocks go back from 23:59:59 to 23:00:00, and on 1 September they go forward from 23:59:59 to 01:00:00 on 2 September.
Update, 26 October 2026: Chile's dates kept changing for years. Since 2019, Chile has changed its clocks at midnight on the first weekend of April (back) and of September (forward; in 2022 a week later);[1][2] the southern regions of Magallanes (since 2017) and Aysén (since 2025) keep UTC-3 all year.[2][3] See also: Chile changes its 2011 daylight saving time dates and Chile rescheduled its 2013 daylight saving time dates.
References
- Time zone database: South America, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), accessed 26 October 2026.
- Time change in Chile 2026: do the clocks go forward or back? (in Spanish), 24horas, accessed 26 October 2026.
- Hora Oficial de Chile (the official time of Chile), Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy, accessed 26 October 2026.
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