By a vote of 19 to 7, the Knesset plenum today passed a law extending daylight savings. Under the new law, daylights savings will last for 193 days a year, from March 30 through October 1. In most Western countries, summer time ends at the end of October or in early November.
The law states that, every year, daylight savings time will begin at 2 am on the Friday before the last Sunday in March, and will end at 2 am on the first Sunday after October 1. If the first Sunday after October 1 is Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year), daylight savings will be extended to 2 am on the first Monday after October 1.
The Knesset says that the law will extend daylight savings to 193 days a year from the current average of 182 days a year.
Next year, Rosh Hashana 5764, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Simhat Torah all fall in September 2013. Under the new law, standard time will begin on Sunday, October 6, 2013.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on November 5, 2012
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