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Daylight Savings Time Ends
Tonight, No Change in Costa Rica
As most parts of North America
and the world turn their clocks
back at midnight, moving back to
Standard Time, Costa Rica
remains the same as it does not
subscribe to Daylight Savings
Time.
Standard time in time zones was
instituted in the U.S. and
Canada by the railroads on
November 18, 1883. Prior to
that, time of day was a local
matter, and most cities and
towns used some form of local
solar time, maintained by a
well-known clock (on a church
steeple, for example, or in a
jeweler's window).
Daylight saving time, also known
as summer time or, daylight
savings time, is a widely used
system of adjusting the official
local time forward, usually by
one hour from its official
standard time, for the spring,
summer, and early autumn
periods.
Daylight Savings Time is most
commonly used in temperate
regions, due to the considerable
variation in the amount of
daylight versus darkness across
the seasons in those regions.
Costa Rica has never subscribed
to the Daylight Savings Time
even though a decade ago a move
was announced by the sitting
government to move to Daylight
Savings Time but was dropped at
the last minute.
After midnight tonight, Costa
Rica will, as a reference, be
one hour behind Miami/New York
and two hours ahead of Los
Angeles.
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