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| | When is Daylight Saving Time worldwide? |
 | | While European nations have been taking advantage of the time change for decades, in 1996 the European Union (EU) standardized an EU-wide "summertime period." The EU version of Daylight Saving Time runs from the last Sunday in March through the last Sunday in October. |
 | | In particular, time differences along the East Coast cause major difficulties, especially for the broadcasters of national radio and television, which can only be partly overcome by substantial capital investments. |
 | | Early in the twentieth century, the British were quick to standardize time, and from 1917 until May 15, 1948, all of Palestine, including the parts now known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, was under British rule and followed British time changes. |
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