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TIME
 
Brazil has four official time zones, generally depicted on maps as a neat series of lines. Check the time zones on site: http://www.worldtimezone.com/time24.htm In most parts of Brazil the time is 3 hours after Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (London). The Daylight Saving Time (DST) ended on Sunday the 27th of February, 2000 - 00:00:00 local time. The DST will go into effect again on Sunday the 1st of October, 2000 - 00:00:00 local time, the clocks are to be moved forward one hour. To find out present time in any location of the world and also an overview of the time zones look at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=233

Quotation by Peter Fleming, Brazilian Adventure:
"Delay in Brazil is a climate. You live in it. You can't get away from it. There is noting to be done about it… a man in a hurry will be miserable in Brazil."