Today, Syria's government announced that they will start DST early on Friday (00:00). This is a bit earlier than the past two years. From Syrian Arab News Agency, in Arabic: http://www.sana.sy/ara/2/2012/03/26/408215.htm Our brief summary: http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/syria-dst-2012.html Best regards, Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com