As in Brazil, summer time is adopted in several parts of the world, and always with the same purpose: to give greater use to sunlight and reduce the demand and consumption of electricity.
Currently, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), European Union countries adopt summer time; the Russia; Middle Eastern countries such as Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine; Part of Oceania, such as Australia, part of its territory, and New Zealand; North America, Canada, the United States and Mexico; Some from Central America, such as Cuba, Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti and the Bahamas; And South America, such as Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile. In Africa, there are daylight saving time in Egypt, Namibia and Morocco. (See map below) As in Brazil, there are areas within the cited countries that do not adopt daylight saving time.
