Clocks Go Forward One Hour - Sunday 1 October 2000

Don't forget to put your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed on the evening of Saturday September 30.

New Zealand Daylight Time will officially commence on Sunday 1 October, when 2.00am New Zealand Standard Time becomes 3.00am daylight saving time

Daylight Time begins on the first Sunday in October and runs through until the third Sunday in March the following year. The annual time adjustment is made every year under the Time Act of 1974.

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For further information copies of the pamphlet A Short Background on New Zealand Time and Daylight Time in New Zealand are available.

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