Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1973

Who has DST in 1973?

Areas having DST in some period during 1973
No DST in 1973

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is often referred to as “daylight savings” or “summer time.” When DST is not observed, it is called standard time or winter time.

The list below shows an overview of countries and territories with DST in 1973. For more details, see information for the first half of 1973 and the second half of 1973.

Note: This list may not be final. Sometimes countries, states, and territories make changes announced just days or weeks ahead of the time change.

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 Countries Observing DST Clock Change Events 1973
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Åland IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
AlbaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
AndorraAll locationsNo DST in 1973
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
AntarcticaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ArgentinaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ArmeniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 28Sunday, March 4
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western AustraliaNo DST in 1973
AustriaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
AzerbaijanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BelarusAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BelgiumAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BelizeAll locationsWednesday, December 5Does not end this year
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BermudaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BrazilAll locationsNo DST in 1973
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 1973
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BulgariaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 1973
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 1973
CanadaMost locationsSunday, April 29Sunday, October 28
Northwest Territories, much of Saskatchewan, Nunavut, Yukon, New Brunswick, small region of British Columbia, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 1973
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ChileMost locationsSunday, September 30Sunday, March 11
Easter IslandSaturday, September 29Saturday, March 10
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 1973
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Cook IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 1973
CroatiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
CubaAll locationsSunday, April 29Monday, October 8
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
CyprusAll locationsNo DST in 1973
CzechiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
DenmarkAll locationsNo DST in 1973
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 1973
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Dominican RepublicAll locationsSunday, October 28Sunday, January 21
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 1973
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 1973
EgyptAll locationsTuesday, May 1Monday, October 1
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
EstoniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 1973
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Falkland IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Faroe IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
FijiAll locationsNo DST in 1973
FinlandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
FranceAll locationsNo DST in 1973
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GeorgiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GermanyAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GibraltarAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GreeceAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GreenlandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GuamAll locationsSunday, December 16Does not end this year
GuatemalaAll locationsSunday, November 25Does not end this year
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 18Sunday, October 28
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 1973
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
HaitiAll locationsNo DST in 1973
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Hong KongAll locationsSunday, April 22*Sunday, October 21
HungaryAll locationsNo DST in 1973
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
IranAll locationsNo DST in 1973
IraqAll locationsNo DST in 1973
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 18Sunday, October 28
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 18Sunday, October 28
IsraelAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ItalyAll locationsSunday, June 3Sunday, September 30
JamaicaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 18Sunday, October 28
JordanAll locationsWednesday, June 6Monday, October 1
KazakhstanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 1973
KosovoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 1973
KyrgyzstanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 1973
LatviaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
LebanonAll locationsTuesday, May 1Monday, October 1
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
LibyaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
LiechtensteinAll locationsNo DST in 1973
LithuaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
LuxembourgAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MacauAll locationsSunday, April 22*Sunday, October 21
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MaltaAll locationsSaturday, March 31Saturday, September 29
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MauritiusAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MexicoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MoldovaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MonacoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MongoliaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MontenegroAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MoroccoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 1973
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 1973
NamibiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 1973
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 1973
NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
New ZealandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
NicaraguaAll locationsThursday, January 4Does not end this year
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 1973
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
North MacedoniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
NorwayAll locationsNo DST in 1973
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
PakistanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 1973
PalestineAll locationsNo DST in 1973
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ParaguayAll locationsNo DST in 1973
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 1973
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
PolandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
PortugalAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 1973
RomaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
RussiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, June 3Sunday, September 30
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SerbiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SlovakiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SloveniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 1973
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
South SudanAll locationsSunday, April 29Monday, October 15
SpainAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SudanAll locationsSunday, April 29Monday, October 15
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SwedenAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SwitzerlandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
SyriaAll locationsTuesday, May 1Monday, October 1
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
TajikistanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 1973
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, April 29Sunday, October 28
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 1973
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 1973
TunisiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
TurkeyAll locationsSunday, June 3Sunday, November 4
TurkmenistanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 1973
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
UkraineAll locationsNo DST in 1973
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 1973
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 18Sunday, October 28
United StatesMost locationsSunday, April 29Sunday, October 28
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of ArizonaNo DST in 1973
UruguayAll locationsNo DST in 1973
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1973
UzbekistanAll locationsNo DST in 1973
VanuatuAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, June 3Sunday, September 30
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
Western SaharaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 1973
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 1973
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.