In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1 am Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It starts the last Sunday in March, and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment.
The table below lists most countries that observe daylight saving time. They all change their clocks some time between midnight and 3 am.
|
Continent |
Country |
Beginning and ending days |
|
Africa |
Egypt |
Start: Last Friday in April
End: Last Thursday in September |
|
Namibia |
Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April |
|
Asia |
Most states of the former USSR. |
Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October |
|
Iraq |
Start: April 1
End: October 1 |
|
Israel (Estimate, Israel decides the dates every year) |
Start: First Friday in April
End: First Friday in September |
|
Lebanon, Kirgizstan |
Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October |
|
Mongolia |
Stopped in 2002 |
|
Palestine |
Start: First Friday on or after 15 April
End: First Friday on or after 15 October
|
|
Syria |
Start: April 1
End: October 1 |
|
Iran |
Start: the first day of Farvardin
End: the first day of Mehr |
|
Australasia |
Australia - South Australia, Victoria,
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales,
Lord Howe Island |
Start: Last Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March |
|
Australia - Tasmania |
Start: First Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March |
|
Fiji |
Stopped in 2000 |
|
New Zealand, Chatham
|
Start: First Sunday in October
End: Third Sunday in March |
|
Tonga |
Start: First Sunday in November
End: Last Sunday in January |
|
Europe |
European Union
|
Start: Last Sunday in March at 1 am UTC
End: Last Sunday in October at 1 am UTC |
|
Russia |
Start: Last Sunday in March at 2 am local time
End: Last Sunday in October at 2 am local time |
|
North America |
United Statesnote, Canadanote, Mexico
St. Johns, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos |
Start: First Sunday in April
End: Last Sunday in October |
|
Cuba |
Start: April 1
End: Last Sunday in October |
|
Greenland |
Same as EU
|
|
South America |
Brazil (except equatorial regions)
(rules vary from year to year). |
Start: First Sunday in November
End: Third Sunday in February |
|
Chile
|
Start: Second Saturday of October - at midnight
End: Second Saturday of March - at midnight |
|
Falklands |
Start: First Sunday on or after 8 September
End: First Sunday on or after 6 April |
|
Paraguay |
Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April |
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Note: Some parts of the US and Canada do not observe Daylight Saving Time, such as the US state of Arizona and the Canadian province Saskatchewan.