Cuba first observed Daylight Saving Time (DST) in 1928, from the 10th of June until the 10th of October. They didn't try it again until 1940-1942 and 1945-1946. Aside from staying on DST from March 2004 until October 2006, they have been adjusting their clocks every year since 1965.
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Daylight saving time (DST) starts in Cuba on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
Cuba has only one time zone, but they observe Daylight Saving Time. Cuba Standard Time = UTC - 5 hours Cuba Daylight Saving Time = UTC - 4 hours Daylight Saving Time in Cuba begins on the 2nd Sunday of March and ends on the 1st Sunday of November.
No, Guantanamo Bay in Cuba does not observe daylight saving time.
Cuba Standard Time is GMT (UTC) - 5Cuba Standard Time is the same as Eastern Standard Time (UTC - 5 hours), and Cuba Daylight Saving Time is the same as Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC - 4 hours). Also, Cuba has been beginning and ending Daylight Saving Time on the same dates as the United States, Canada, Bermuda and the Bahamas since fall 2012 (2nd Sunday of March to the 1st Sunday of November). The only differences are that Cuba begins DST two hours earlier than New York, etc. and ends DST one hour earlier.
There is usually no time difference between Maryland and Cuba. Eastern Standard Time = Cuba Standard Time, and Eastern Daylight Saving Time = Cuba Daylight Saving Time. There is only one week per year when Maryland is one hour ahead of Cuba: during the week of October 31 (because Cuba ends Daylight Saving Time on the last Sunday of October, and in Maryland it ends a week later).
Daylight saving time starts in Missouri on the second Sunday in March.