US, Turkey time difference to decrease 1 hour on Sunday

ANKARA

The time difference between the US time zones and Turkey will decrease by one hour starting Sunday.

Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday in the US at 2:00 a.m. EST (0700GMT), when Americans will turn their clocks forward one hour. It will subtract one hour from the current time difference between Turkey and the US.

When Americans turn their clocks forward Sunday morning, the time difference between Turkey and the US' eastern time zone will be seven hours, instead of eight -- in cities such as New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Atlanta and Miami.

In the central time zone, in cities such as Chicago, Houston and New Orleans, the difference will be eight hours, instead of nine.

For cities like Albuquerque, New Mexico; Denver and Salt Lake City, instead of the 10-hour difference with Turkey, it will be nine hours.

For cities in the Pacific time zone -- Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle – the 11 hours in difference will be 10 hours.

The new time differences will be in effect until Nov. 7 when the US will end observing Daylight Saving Time.