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Pakistan has experimented with Daylight Saving Time (DST) a number of times since 2002, shifting local time from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00 during various summer periods, having the effect of making Pakistan counter-intuitively half an hour ahead of India during those times, even though India is generally to its east. * In 2002, DST was observed from the first Sunday in April (April 7) at 00:00 to the first Sunday in October (October 6) at 00:00. The government cabinet decided to do this "in order to make maximum use of daylight and to save energy."〔(Time zone and daylight saving time for Pakistan - Islamabad between 2000 and 2009 )〕 * In 2008, DST began on June 1, and was initially set to run through August 31 to meet the annual shortfall of 4 gigawatts of electricity instead of enforcing daily power cuts in households and factories. The government later extended the end date to October 31, including the holy month of Ramadan (which began in early September).〔http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_pakistan02.html Source〕 DST was originally meant to end on August 31, 2008〔(Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - Clocks advanced by an hour )〕 * In 2009, DST was observed from April 15 through October 31.〔()〕〔()〕 ==See also== * Time in Pakistan 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daylight saving time in Pakistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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