Israel to extend Daylight Savings Time

Interior Minister Eli Yishai announced last week that he had approved extending Daylight Savings Time to the beginning of October. DST will now be 193 days long instead of fluctuating between 170 and 191 days
 
Interior Minister Eli Yishai announced last week that he had approved extending Daylight Savings Time to the beginning of October instead of ending the DST on the Sunday before Yom Kippur.
 
DST will now be 193 days long instead of fluctuating between 170 and 191 days. The change would make daylight savings time come into effect at 2 a.m. local time on the Friday of the last week of March and will end at 2 a.m. local time on the first Sunday of October.
 
The decision is an implementation of the recommendation of a professional advisory committee that investigated the matter.
 
According to the Israeli government, extending daylight savings time will promote better coordination with Europe’s economic clock, extend daylight hours and save electricity and resources for the Israeli economy.
 
Proponents of a longer Daylight Savings Time cite energy savings and fewer traffic accidents.