not currently observe DST. Syria Syria observed DST in 1986–2022. Since 2012, DST was observed from the last Friday of March to the last Friday of October; however, the days of time switches varied year-to-year between 1986–2011. On 4 October 2022, Syria abolished DST, while changing the country's time zone to what used to be summer time (UTC+03:00), effectively scrapping winter time. Taiwan Taiwan implemented DST from 1945–61, revoked DST from 1962–73, reinstated DST from 1974–75, revoked DST from 1976–79 and reinstated it in 1980. Taiwan abandoned DST from 1981 onwards. Turkey Turkey is currently observing year-round daylight saving from September 2016. DST was used from 1985–2016. In 2008, the Turkish Ministry of Energy proposed that Turkey should abolish summer time while at the same time switching to UTC+02:30, originally from 2009 onwards, but when this appeared infeasible, to start in 2011, the plan has not been heard of since. For the year 2011, Turkey switched to European Summer Time at 3:00 am (03:00) on Monday 28 March, one day later than the rest of Europe, to avoid disrupting the national university entrance examinations held on 27 March. Once again, for the year 2014, Turkey switched to European Summer Time at 3:00 am (03:00) on Monday 31 March, one day later than the rest of Europe, to avoid disrupting the local elections held on 30 March. In 2015, Turkey delayed the switch from European Summer Time by 2 weeks, to 4:00 am (04:00) on Sunday 8 November, two weeks later than the rest of Europe, due to the calling of a snap general election on Sunday, 1 November. In 2016, Turkey scrapped winter time, by switching to New Turkey Time. This means permanent UTC+03:00, which was used during summer time in Turkey. The switch was on 12:00 am (00:00) on Thursday 8 September, in reality stopping switches between summer and winter time. Asian countries not using DST These countries or regions do not use daylight saving time, although some have in the past: (Observed DST in 1981–1995, 1997–2011) (Observed DST in 1981–1989, 1990–1992 and 1996–2015) (Observed DST in 1942–1945 and 2009–10) (Observed DST in 1986–1992) (Observed DST in 1940–1945, 1957–2010 and 2014) (Observed DST in 1942–1945 during the World War II) (Observed various DST offsets in 1924–1963) (Observed DST in 1977–1980, 1991–2005 and 2008–2022) (Observed DST in 1982–2007) (Observed DST in 1948–1951) (Observed DST in 1985–2022) (Observed DST in 1981–1990