Brasília - Clocks in Brazil should be set forward an hour at midnight tonight, in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul, and in the Federal District. Daylight saving time will be in effect for 110 days, ending on February 20, 2005.

The onset of daylight saving this year was postponed for a month at the request of the Federal Electoral Court (TSE), to avoid problems with the electronic ballot boxes in the second round of municipal elections.

Agência Brasil
Reporter: Lílian de Macedo
Translator: David Silberstein
11/01/2004