Daylight Saving Time
Overview of Countries
While the adoption of Daylight Saving Time is almost always rife with controversy, most of the world (except for countries around the Equator) has simple implemented DST at one point or another. This map depicts countries that currently have DST, that previously had DST, and that never had DST.
Worldwide Daylight Saving
Today, approximately 70 countries utilize Daylight Saving Time in at least a portion of the country. Japan, India and China are the only major industrialized countries that do not observe some form of daylight saving.
Not the Tropics
Equatorial and tropical countries (lower latitudes) generally do not observe Daylight Saving Time. Since the daylight hours are similar during every season, there is no advantage to moving clocks forward during the summer. China has had a single time zone since May 1, 1980, observing summer Daylight Saving Time from 1986 through 1991; they do not observe DST now.
List of Countries
Most countries that observe Daylight Saving Time are listed in the table below. They all save one hour in the summer and change their clocks some times between midnight and 3:00 a.m.
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
Tunisia
Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Asia
Most states of the former USSR
Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Bangladesh
Start: June 19, 2009
Iraq
Start: First Friday in April
End: Last Friday in October
Israel
Start: Last Friday before April 2
End: The Sunday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Jordan
Start: Last Thursday of March
End: Last Friday in September
Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan
Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Mongolia
Start: Fourth Friday in March
End: Last Friday in September
Palestinian Regions
(Estimate)
Start: First Friday
While the adoption of Daylight Saving Time is almost always rife with controversy, most of the world (except for countries around the Equator) has simple implemented DST at one point or another. This map depicts countries that currently have DST, that previously had DST, and that never had DST.
Worldwide Daylight Saving
Today, approximately 70 countries utilize Daylight Saving Time in at least a portion of the country. Japan, India and China are the only major industrialized countries that do not observe some form of daylight saving.
Not the Tropics
Equatorial and tropical countries (lower latitudes) generally do not observe Daylight Saving Time. Since the daylight hours are similar during every season, there is no advantage to moving clocks forward during the summer. China has had a single time zone since May 1, 1980, observing summer Daylight Saving Time from 1986 through 1991; they do not observe DST now.
List of Countries
Most countries that observe Daylight Saving Time are listed in the table below. They all save one hour in the summer and change their clocks some times between midnight and 3:00 a.m.
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
Tunisia
Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Asia
Most states of the former USSR
Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Bangladesh
Start: June 19, 2009
Iraq
Start: First Friday in April
End: Last Friday in October
Israel
Start: Last Friday before April 2
End: The Sunday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Jordan
Start: Last Thursday of March
End: Last Friday in September
Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan
Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October
Mongolia
Start: Fourth Friday in March
End: Last Friday in September
Palestinian Regions
(Estimate)
Start: First Friday