DAYLIGHT SAVING WORLDWIDE Approximately 70 countries utilize Daylight Saving Time to make the most of daylight hours during summer. The only major industrialized country not to use daylight saving is Japan. Equatorial and tropical countries (lower latitudes) generally do not observe Daylight Saving Time since hours of daylight are similar during every season, so there is no advantage to moving clocks forward during the summer. ----------------------------- COUNTRIES THAT OBSERVE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME All save one hour in the summer and change their clocks some time between midnight and 3 am. AFRICA Most African countries do not observe DST ----------------------------- EGYPT: DST starts last Friday in April, ends last Thursday in September ----------------------------- NAMIBIA: DST starts first Sunday in September, ends first Sunday in April --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASIA ----------------------------- Most states of the former USSR: DST starts last Sunday in March, ends last Sunday in October ----------------------------- LEBANON: DST starts last Sunday in March, ends last Sunday in October ----------------------------- IRAN: DST starts first day of Farvardin, ends first day of Mehr ----------------------------- IRAQ: DST starts April 1, ends October 1 ----------------------------- ISRAEL: DST starts April 1, ends Saturday between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur ----------------------------- PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: DST starts first Friday on or after April 15, ends first Friday on or after October 15 ----------------------------- SYRIA: DST starts April 1, ends October 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUSTRALASIA ----------------------------- AUSTRALIA South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island: DST starts last Sunday in October, ends last Sunday in March Tasmania: DST starts first Sunday in October, ends last Sunday in March Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia: Do not observe DST ----------------------------- NEW ZEALAND: DST starts first Sunday in October, ends third Sunday in March ----------------------------- TONGA: DST starts first Sunday in November, ends last Sunday in January --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EUROPE ----------------------------- EUROPEAN UNION, NORWAY, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND: DST starts last Sunday in March, ends last Sunday in October --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH AMERICA ----------------------------- CANADA, UNITED STATES: Beginning in 2007, DST begins on the second Sunday of March and ends the first Sunday of November. The U.S. states of Arizona and Hawaii, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan do not observe DST MEXICO, ST. JOHNS, BAHAMAS, TURKS AND CAICOS: DST starts first Sunday in April, ends last Sunday in October. ----------------------------- CUBA: DST starts April 1, ends last Sunday in October ----------------------------- GREENLAND: DST as European Union --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH AMERICA ----------------------------- BRAZIL: DST starts first Sunday in November, ends third Sunday in February. Equatorial Brazil does not observe DST ----------------------------- CHILE: DST starts second Saturday of October, ends second Saturday of March ----------------------------- FALKLANDS: DST starts first Sunday on or after September 8, ends first Sunday on or after April 6 ----------------------------- PARAGUAY: DST starts first Sunday in September, ends first Sunday in April --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTRIES/TERRITORIES WHICH DO NOT OBSERVE DST AFRICA ----------------------------- ALGERIA: Local time is GMT+1 hours ----------------------------- ANGOLA: Local time is GMT+1 hours ----------------------------- ASCENSION ISLANDS: Local time is same as GMT ----------------------------- BENIN: Local time is GMT+1 ----------------------------- BOTSWANA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- BURKINA FASO: Local time is the same as GMT ----------------------------- BURUNDI: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- CAMEROON: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- CAPE VERDE ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-1 hour ----------------------------- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- CHAD: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- COMOROS: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- CONGO (Brazzaville): Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: Kinshasa local time is GMT+1 hour, Kasai, Kivu, Haut Zaire and Shaba local times is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- COTE D'IVOIRE: Local time is GMT ----------------------------- ERITREA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- ETHIOPIA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- GABON: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- GAMBIA: Local time is GMT ----------------------------- GHANA: Local time is same as GMT ----------------------------- KENYA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- LIBYA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- MADAGASCAR: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- MAURITIUS: Local time is GMT+4 hours ----------------------------- MOROCCO: Local time is same as GMT ----------------------------- MOZAMBIQUE: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- NIGERIA: Local time is GMT+1 hours ----------------------------- RWANDA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- SEYCHELLES: Local time is GMT+4 hours ----------------------------- SOMALIA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- SOUTH AFRICA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- SUDAN: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- SWAZILAND: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- TANZANIA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- TUNISIA: Local time is GMT+1 hour ----------------------------- UGANDA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- ZAMBIA: Local time is GMT+2 hours ----------------------------- ZIMBABWE: Local time is GMT+2 hours --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTARCTICA: Local time is GMT-4 hours --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASIA ----------------------------- AFGHANISTAN: Local time is GMT+4-1/2 hours ----------------------------- ANDAMAN ISLANDS: Local time is GMT+5-1/2 hours ----------------------------- BAHRAIN: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- BANGLADESH: Local time is GMT+6 hours ----------------------------- BHUTAN: Local time is GMT+6 ----------------------------- BRUNEI: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- BURMA: Local time is +6 1/2 hours ----------------------------- CAMBODIA: Local time is GMT+7 hours ----------------------------- CHINA: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- CHRISTMAS ISLAND: Local Time is GMT+7 hours ----------------------------- EAST TIMOR: Local time is GMT+9 hours ----------------------------- HONG KONG: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- INDIA: Local time is GMT+5-1/2 hours ----------------------------- INDONESIA: Local time ranges from GMT+7 for the western zone including Sumatra and Java through GMT+8 for the central zone to GMT+9 for the eastern zone ----------------------------- JAPAN: Local time is GMT+9 hours ----------------------------- JORDAN: Local time is GMT+3 ----------------------------- KOREA (North and South): Local time is GMT+9 hours ----------------------------- KUWAIT: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- LAOS: Local time is GMT+7 hours ----------------------------- MALAYSIA: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- MALDIVES: Local time is GMT+5 hours ----------------------------- MONGOLIA: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- MYANMAR: Local time is GMT+6-1/2 hours ----------------------------- NEPAL: Local time is GMT+5-3/4 hours ----------------------------- OMAN: Local time is GMT+4 hours ----------------------------- PAKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 hours ----------------------------- PHILIPPINES: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- QATAR: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- SAUDI ARABIA: Local time is GMT+3 hours ----------------------------- SINGAPORE: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- SRI LANKA: Local time is GMT+6 hours ----------------------------- TAIWAN: Local time is GMT+8 hours ----------------------------- TAJIKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 hours ----------------------------- THAILAND: Local time is GMT+7 hours ----------------------------- TURKMENISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 hours ----------------------------- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: LOCAL time is GMT+4 hours ----------------------------- UZBEKISTAN: Local time is GMT+5 hours ----------------------------- VIETNAM: Local time is GMT+7 hours ----------------------------- YEMEN: Local time is GMT+3 hours --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUSTRALASIA ----------------------------- AUSTRAL ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-10 hours ----------------------------- CAROLINE ISLANDS: Local time is GMT+10 hours ----------------------------- COOK ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-10 hours ----------------------------- FIJI: Local time is GMT+12 hours ----------------------------- MIDWAY ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-11 hours ----------------------------- PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Local time is GMT+10 hours ----------------------------- SAMOA: Local time is GMT-11 hours ----------------------------- TAHITI: Local time is GMT-10 hours --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EUROPE ----------------------------- ICELAND: Local time is same as GMT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL AMERICA ----------------------------- ANGUILLA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- ARUBA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- BARBADOS: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- BELIZE: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- BONAIRE: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- CAYMAN ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- COSTA RICA: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- DOMINICA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- EL SALVADOR: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- GRENADA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- HAITI: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- HONDURAS: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- JAMAICA: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- NICARAGUA: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- PANAMA: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- PUERTO RICO: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- ST. LUCIA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- TRINIDAD/TOBAGO: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- VIRGIN ISLANDS: Local time is GMT-4 hours --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH AMERICA ----------------------------- ARGENTINA: Local time is GMT-3 hours ----------------------------- BOLIVIA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- COLOMBIA: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- ECUADOR: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- GUATEMALA: Local time is GMT-6 hours ----------------------------- GUYANA: Local time is GMT-4 hours ----------------------------- PERU: Local time is GMT-5 hours ----------------------------- SURINAME: Local time is GMT-3 hours ----------------------------- URUGUAY: Local time is GMT-3 hours ----------------------------- VENEZUELA: Local time is GMT-4 hours -----------------------------