Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1985

Who has DST in 1985?

Areas having DST in some period during 1985
No DST in 1985

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 1985. For more details, see information for the first half of 1985 and the second half of 1985.

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 1985
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
AlbaniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
AndorraAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
AntarcticaMost locationsNo DST in 1985
Some locationsSunday, October 27Sunday, March 3
Palmer StationSunday, October 13Sunday, March 10
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ArgentinaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ArmeniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 27Sunday, March 3
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western AustraliaNo DST in 1985
Lord Howe IslandSunday, October 27Sunday, March 3
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
AzerbaijanAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BelarusAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
BelizeAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BermudaAll locationsSunday, April 28Sunday, October 27
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BrazilAll locationsSaturday, November 2Does not end this year
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 1985
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BulgariaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 1985
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 1985
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 1985
CanadaMost locationsSunday, April 28Sunday, October 27
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 1985
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ChileMost locationsSunday, October 13Sunday, March 10
Easter IslandSaturday, October 12Saturday, March 9
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 1985
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Cook IslandsAll locationsSunday, October 27Sunday, March 3
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 1985
CroatiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
CubaAll locationsSunday, May 5Sunday, October 13
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 1985
CyprusAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
CzechiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 1985
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1985
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 1985
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 1985
EgyptAll locationsWednesday, May 1Tuesday, October 1
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
EstoniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 1985
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Falkland IslandsAll locationsSunday, September 15Sunday, April 28
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
FijiAll locationsNo DST in 1985
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
FranceMost locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Port-aux-FrancaisNo DST in 1985
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 1985
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 1985
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
GeorgiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
GibraltarAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 30Saturday, September 28
Thule Air BaseNo DST in 1985
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 1985
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 1985
GuatemalaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 1985
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
HaitiAll locationsSunday, April 28Sunday, October 27
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 1985
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 1985
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
IranAll locationsNo DST in 1985
IraqAll locationsMonday, April 1Sunday, September 29
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
IsraelAll locationsSunday, April 14Sunday, September 1
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
JamaicaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 1985
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
JordanAll locationsMonday, April 1Tuesday, October 1
KazakhstanAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 1985
KosovoAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 1985
KyrgyzstanAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 1985
LatviaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
LebanonAll locationsWednesday, May 1Wednesday, October 16
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 1985
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
LibyaAll locationsSaturday, April 6Tuesday, October 1
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
LithuaniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MauritiusAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MexicoMost locationsNo DST in 1985
Baja CaliforniaSunday, April 28Sunday, October 27
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MoldovaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
MongoliaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
MontenegroAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MoroccoAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 1985
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 1985
NamibiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 1985
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 1985
NetherlandsMost locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Saba, Sint EustatiusNo DST in 1985
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, October 27Sunday, March 3
NicaraguaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 1985
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1985
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
North MacedoniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 1985
PakistanAll locationsNo DST in 1985
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 1985
PalestineAll locationsSunday, April 14Sunday, September 1
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ParaguayAll locationsTuesday, October 1Monday, April 1
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 1985
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 1985
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 1985
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
RussiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 1985
SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 1985
SerbiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 1985
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 1985
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
SloveniaAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 1985
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
South SudanAll locationsSunday, April 28Tuesday, October 15
SpainMost locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Ceuta, MelillaNo DST in 1985
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
SudanAll locationsSunday, April 28Tuesday, October 15
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 1985
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
SyriaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 1985
TajikistanAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 1985
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, April 28Sunday, October 27
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 1985
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 1985
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 1985
TunisiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
TurkeyAll locationsSaturday, April 20Saturday, September 28
TurkmenistanAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsSunday, April 28Sunday, October 27
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 1985
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
UkraineAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 1985
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, October 27
United StatesMost locationsSunday, April 28Sunday, October 27
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of AlaskaNo DST in 1985
UruguayAll locationsNo DST in 1985
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1985
UzbekistanAll locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
VanuatuAll locationsSunday, September 29Sunday, March 24
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, March 31Sunday, September 29
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
Western SaharaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 1985
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 1985