Brazil Daylight Saving Time 2008/2009 - which in Brazil is called horário de verão, or "summer schedule", will start on October 19, 2008.
At the first minute of October 19, 2008, Brazil clocks will be set ahead one hour in the South, Southeast and Central West regions.
The time difference between the US and Brazil is smallest during the US summer, when the US is in Daylight Saving Time and Brazil is not. As of this writing on October 8, it's 7:30p in New York City and 8:30p in Rio de Janeiro.
When US clocks "fall back" in the Northern Hemisphere fall, the time difference between New York City and Rio de Janeiro will be three hours.
When Does Brazil Daylight Saving Time 2008/2009 End?
Today Folha Online reported that Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has established the third Sunday in October and the third Sunday in February as the starting and closing days for Brazil Daylight Saving Time.
In years when the third Sunday in February happens to be Carnival Sunday, clocks will only be set back on the following Sunday.
Brazil Daylight Saving Time 2008/2009 will end on February 15, 2009.
