Cuba will retain daylight saving time and adjust school and work start times

The Cuban government will retain daylight saving time and will not return to standard time this year. The decision cancels the clock change planned for November. The announcement affects the routines of millions of people and adds changes to start times at schools and workplaces. It therefore has two stated effects: keeping daylight saving time and adjusting when those institutions begin their day.

The Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security confirmed the decision in a joint statement. Both agencies announced that daylight saving time would remain in effect and that the November change was suspended. The measure is not a short postponement but a decision to keep the current time setting during the year.

Schools and workplaces will begin activities 30 minutes later. The measure comes amid a severe electricity crisis, which provides the context for both the time decision and the revised institutional schedules. The announcement thus combines a national clock policy with an operational change for educational institutions and work centers.

The clock decision and the start-time adjustment are distinct. Cuba will not make the cited switch to standard time in November, while schools and workplaces will separately move their starting hours. The joint statement confirms continuation of daylight saving time; it does not describe the school and work adjustment as a new date for changing the clocks.