Wikipedia's first sentence called it “practice in israel by which clocks are advanced by one hour around passover to make the most of seasonal daylig”. Today it says “practice in israel by which clocks are advanced by an hour”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Israel : Grey colours indicate areas which do not follow either IST or IDT. Israel Summer Time ( , sh'on kayits ; "Summer Time"), also in English, Israel Daylight Time ( IDT ) is the practice in Israel by which clocks are advanced by one hour around Passover to make the most of seasonal daylight.1Since 2005, this period extends every year from 2:00 a.m. on the last Friday before April 2, i.e. on the Friday on or before April 1 (irrespective of when Passover falls) and ending at 2:00 a.m. on the Sunday between Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur (note that weekends in Israel are Friday to Saturday).2
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Time zone in Israel : Grey colours indicate areas which do not follow either IST or IDT. When IDT starts, clocks advance from 02:00 to 03:00.When IDT ends, clocks retreat from 02:00 to 01:00.Israel Summer Time ( sha'on kayits "Summer Clock"), also in English, Israel Daylight Time ( IDT ) is the practice in Israel by which clocks are advanced by one hour, beginning on the Friday before the last Sunday of March, and ending on the last Sunday of October.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Time in the Middle East: Standard time observed all year Daylight saving time observed Time zone in Israel : Grey colours indicate areas which do not follow either IST or IDT. When IDT starts, clocks advance from 02:00 to 03:00. When IDT ends, clocks retreat from 02:00 to 01:00. Israel Summer Time ( sha'on kayits "Summer Clock"), also in English, Israel Daylight Time ( IDT ) is the practice in Israel by which clocks are advanced by one hour, beginning on the Friday before the last Sunday of March, and ending on the last Sunday of October.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00 Time in the Middle East: Standard time observed all year Daylight saving time observed Time zone in Israel : Grey colours indicate areas which do not follow either IST or IDT. When IDT starts, clocks advance from 02:00 to 03:00. When IDT ends, clocks retreat from 02:00 to 01:00. Israel Summer Time ( she'on kayits "Summer Clock"), also in English, Israel Daylight Time ( IDT ) is the practice in Israel by which clocks are advanced by one hour, beginning on the Friday before the last Sunday of March, and ending on the last Sunday of October.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00 Time in the Middle East: Standard time observed all year Daylight saving time observed Time zone in Israel : Grey colours indicate areas which do not follow either IST or IDT. When IDT starts, clocks advance from 02:00 to 03:00. When IDT ends, clocks retreat from 02:00 to 01:00. Israel Summer Time ( Hebrew : שעון קיץ , romanized : She'on Kayits , lit. ' Summer clock ' ), also known in English as Israel Daylight Time ( IDT ), is the practice in Israel by which clocks are advanced by an hour, beginning on the Friday before the last Sunday of March, and ending on the last Sunday of October.
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Then
practice in israel by which clocks are advanced by one hour around passover to make the most of seasonal daylig
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practice in israel by which clocks are advanced by an hour
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