Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1988
More About Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time is often incorrectly referred to as “daylight savings time”. In some countries, it is also called “summer time”. When DST is not observed, it is called standard time, normal time or winter time.
This list displays a brief (but not complete) overview over which countries and territories that observed DST during 1988.
Current country/territory names, rather than historic country names are displayed, so the list could contain countries that did not exist at the time.
Detailed information is available for the first half of 1988 and the second half of 1988.
| Country | Region/states | Example location | DST start date | DST end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | All locations | Kabul | No DST in 1988 | |
| Albania | All locations | Tirana | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Algeria | All locations | Algiers | No DST in 1988 | |
| American Samoa | All locations | Pago Pago | No DST in 1988 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Andorra La Vella | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Angola | All locations | Luanda | No DST in 1988 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | The Valley | No DST in 1988 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | Mawson | No DST in 1988 | |
| Some locations | South Pole | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | Saint John's | No DST in 1988 | |
| Argentina | All locations | Buenos Aires | Thursday, December 1 | Does not end this year |
| Armenia | All locations | Yerevan | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Aruba | All locations | Oranjestad | No DST in 1988 | |
| Australia | Most locations | Melbourne | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 20 |
| Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island | Brisbane | No DST in 1988 | ||
| Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 20 | |
| Austria | All locations | Vienna | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Azerbaijan | All locations | Baku | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Bahrain | All locations | Manama | No DST in 1988 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | Dhaka | No DST in 1988 | |
| Barbados | All locations | Bridgetown | No DST in 1988 | |
| Belarus | All locations | Minsk | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Belgium | All locations | Brussels | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Belize | All locations | Belmopan | No DST in 1988 | |
| Benin | All locations | Porto Novo | No DST in 1988 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Hamilton | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Bhutan | All locations | Thimphu | No DST in 1988 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | La Paz | No DST in 1988 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sarajevo | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Botswana | All locations | Gaborone | No DST in 1988 | |
| Brazil | Most locations | Rio de Janeiro | Sunday, October 16 | Sunday, February 7 |
| Amazonas, Para, Amapá, Rondônia, Acre, Roraima | Manaus | Does not start this year | Sunday, February 7 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | Diego Garcia | No DST in 1988 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | Road Town | No DST in 1988 | |
| Brunei | All locations | Bandar Seri Begawan | No DST in 1988 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sofia | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | Ouagadougou | No DST in 1988 | |
| Burundi | All locations | Bujumbura | No DST in 1988 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | Phnom Penh | No DST in 1988 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | Yaoundé | No DST in 1988 | |
| Canada | Most locations | Montreal | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut Territory, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | Regina | No DST in 1988 | ||
| Newfoundland and Labrador with exceptions | St. John's | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 | |
| Cape Verde | All locations | Praia | No DST in 1988 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | George Town | No DST in 1988 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | Bangui | No DST in 1988 | |
| Chad | All locations | Ndjamena | No DST in 1988 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Santiago | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, March 13 |
| Other | Easter Island | Saturday, October 1 | Saturday, March 12 | |
| China | All locations | Beijing | Sunday, April 10 | Sunday, September 11 |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | Bantam | No DST in 1988 | |
| Colombia | All locations | Bogota | No DST in 1988 | |
| Comoros | All locations | Moroni | No DST in 1988 | |
| Congo | All locations | Brazzaville | No DST in 1988 | |
| Congo Dem.Rep. | All locations | Kinshasa | No DST in 1988 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | Rarotonga | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 |
| Costa Rica | All locations | San Jose | No DST in 1988 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | Yamoussoukro | No DST in 1988 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Zagreb | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Cuba | All locations | Havana | Sunday, March 20 | Sunday, October 9 |
| Curaçao | All locations | Willemstad | No DST in 1988 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Nicosia | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Czech Republic | All locations | Prague | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Denmark | All locations | Copenhagen | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Djibouti | All locations | Djibouti | No DST in 1988 | |
| Dominica | All locations | Roseau | No DST in 1988 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | Santo Domingo | No DST in 1988 | |
| East Timor | All locations | Dili | No DST in 1988 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | Quito | No DST in 1988 | |
| Egypt | All locations | Cairo | Sunday, May 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
| El Salvador | All locations | San Salvador | Sunday, May 1 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | Malabo | No DST in 1988 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | Asmara | No DST in 1988 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Tallinn | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Ethiopia | All locations | Addis Ababa | No DST in 1988 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | Stanley | Sunday, September 11 | Sunday, April 17 |
| Faroe Islands | All locations | Tórshavn | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Fiji | All locations | Suva | No DST in 1988 | |
| Finland | All locations | Helsinki | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| France | Most locations | Paris | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Tahiti, New Caledonia, Marquesas Islands, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin | Papeete | No DST in 1988 | ||
| French Guiana | All locations | Cayenne | No DST in 1988 | |
| French Polynesia | All locations | Gambier Islands | No DST in 1988 | |
| Gabon | All locations | Libreville | No DST in 1988 | |
| Gaza Strip | All locations | Gaza | Saturday, April 9 | Sunday, September 4 |
| Georgia | All locations | Tbilisi | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Germany | All locations | Berlin | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Ghana | All locations | Accra | No DST in 1988 | |
| Gibraltar | All locations | Gibraltar | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Greece | All locations | Athens | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Greenland | Most locations | Nuuk | Saturday, March 26 | Saturday, September 24 |
| Qaanaaq | No DST in 1988 | |||
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 | ||
| Grenada | All locations | Saint George's | No DST in 1988 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | Basse-Terre | No DST in 1988 | |
| Guam | All locations | Guam (Hagåtña) | No DST in 1988 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | Guatemala | No DST in 1988 | |
| Guinea | All locations | Conakry | No DST in 1988 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | Bissau | No DST in 1988 | |
| Guyana | All locations | Georgetown | No DST in 1988 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Port-au-Prince | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | All locations | Vatican City | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Honduras | All locations | Tegucigalpa | Sunday, May 1 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Hong Kong | All locations | Hong Kong | No DST in 1988 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Budapest | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Iceland | All locations | Reykjavik | No DST in 1988 | |
| India | All locations | New Delhi | No DST in 1988 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | Jakarta | No DST in 1988 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tehran | No DST in 1988 | |
| Iraq | All locations | Baghdad | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Ireland | All locations | Dublin | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
| Isle of Man | All locations | Douglas | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
| Israel | All locations | Jerusalem | Saturday, April 9 | Sunday, September 4 |
| Italy | All locations | Rome | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Jamaica | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 1988 | |
| Japan | All locations | Tokyo | No DST in 1988 | |
| Jordan | All locations | Amman | Friday, April 1 | Friday, October 7 |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | Almaty | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Kenya | All locations | Nairobi | No DST in 1988 | |
| Kerguelen Islands | All locations | Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1988 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | Kiritimati | No DST in 1988 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Pristina | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Kuwait | All locations | Kuwait City | No DST in 1988 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Bishkek | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Laos | All locations | Vientiane | No DST in 1988 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Riga | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Beirut | Wednesday, June 1 | Sunday, October 16 |
| Lesotho | All locations | Maseru | No DST in 1988 | |
| Liberia | All locations | Monrovia | No DST in 1988 | |
| Libya | All locations | Tripoli | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
| Liechtenstein | All locations | Vaduz | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Lithuania | All locations | Vilnius | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Luxembourg | All locations | Luxembourg | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Macau | All locations | Macau | No DST in 1988 | |
| Macedonia, Republic of | All locations | Skopje | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Madagascar | All locations | Antananarivo | No DST in 1988 | |
| Malawi | All locations | Lilongwe | No DST in 1988 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | Kuala Lumpur | No DST in 1988 | |
| Maldives | All locations | Male | No DST in 1988 | |
| Mali | All locations | Bamako | No DST in 1988 | |
| Malta | All locations | Valletta | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | Majuro | No DST in 1988 | |
| Martinique | All locations | Fort-de-France | No DST in 1988 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | Nouakchott | No DST in 1988 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | Port Louis | No DST in 1988 | |
| Mayotte | All locations | Mamoutzou | No DST in 1988 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Mexico City | No DST in 1988 | |
| Baja California, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas | Mexicali | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 | |
| Micronesia | All locations | Palikir | No DST in 1988 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Chisinau | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Monaco | All locations | Monaco | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Mongolia | All locations | Ulaanbaatar | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Montenegro | All locations | Podgorica | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Montserrat | All locations | Brades | No DST in 1988 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Casablanca | No DST in 1988 | |
| Mozambique | All locations | Maputo | No DST in 1988 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | Yangon | No DST in 1988 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Windhoek | No DST in 1988 | |
| Nauru | All locations | Yaren | No DST in 1988 | |
| Nepal | All locations | Kathmandu | No DST in 1988 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Amsterdam | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Other | Kralendijk (Bonaire) | No DST in 1988 | ||
| New Zealand | All locations | Auckland | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | Managua | No DST in 1988 | |
| Niger | All locations | Niamey | No DST in 1988 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | Lagos | No DST in 1988 | |
| Niue | All locations | Alofi | No DST in 1988 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 1988 | |
| North Korea | All locations | Pyongyang | No DST in 1988 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | Saipan | No DST in 1988 | |
| Norway | All locations | Oslo | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Oman | All locations | Muscat | No DST in 1988 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | Islamabad | No DST in 1988 | |
| Palau | All locations | Melekeok | No DST in 1988 | |
| Panama | All locations | Panama | No DST in 1988 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | Port Moresby | No DST in 1988 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Asuncion | Saturday, October 1 | Friday, April 1 |
| Peru | All locations | Lima | No DST in 1988 | |
| Philippines | All locations | Manila | No DST in 1988 | |
| Pitcairn Islands | All locations | Adamstown | No DST in 1988 | |
| Poland | All locations | Warsaw | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Portugal | All locations | Lisbon | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Puerto Rico | All locations | San Juan | No DST in 1988 | |
| Qatar | All locations | Doha | No DST in 1988 | |
| Reunion | All locations | Saint-Denis | No DST in 1988 | |
| Romania | All locations | Bucharest | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Russia | All locations | Moscow | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Rwanda | All locations | Kigali | No DST in 1988 | |
| Saint Helena | All locations | Jamestown | No DST in 1988 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | Basseterre | No DST in 1988 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | Castries | No DST in 1988 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Saint-Pierre | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | Kingstown | No DST in 1988 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Apia | No DST in 1988 | |
| San Marino | All locations | San Marino | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | São Tomé | No DST in 1988 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | Riyadh | No DST in 1988 | |
| Senegal | All locations | Dakar | No DST in 1988 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Belgrade | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Seychelles | All locations | Victoria | No DST in 1988 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | Freetown | No DST in 1988 | |
| Singapore | All locations | Singapore | No DST in 1988 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | Philipsburg | No DST in 1988 | |
| Slovakia | All locations | Bratislava | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Slovenia | All locations | Ljubljana | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Solomon Islands | All locations | Honiara | No DST in 1988 | |
| Somalia | All locations | Mogadishu | No DST in 1988 | |
| South Africa | All locations | Johannesburg | No DST in 1988 | |
| South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | King Edward Point | No DST in 1988 | |
| South Korea | All locations | Seoul | Sunday, May 8 | Sunday, October 9 |
| South Sudan | All locations | Juba | No DST in 1988 | |
| Spain | All locations | Madrid | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | No DST in 1988 | |
| Sudan | All locations | Khartoum | No DST in 1988 | |
| Suriname | All locations | Paramaribo | No DST in 1988 | |
| Swaziland | All locations | Mbabane | No DST in 1988 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Stockholm | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Zürich | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Syria | All locations | Damascus | Tuesday, March 15 | Monday, October 31 |
| Taiwan | All locations | Taipei | No DST in 1988 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | Dushanbe | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Tanzania | All locations | Dar es Salaam | No DST in 1988 | |
| Thailand | All locations | Bangkok | No DST in 1988 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Nassau | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| The Gambia | All locations | Banjul | No DST in 1988 | |
| Togo | All locations | Lome | No DST in 1988 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | Fakaofo | No DST in 1988 | |
| Tonga | All locations | Nukualofa | No DST in 1988 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | Port of Spain | No DST in 1988 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | Tunis | Wednesday, June 1 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Turkey | All locations | Ankara | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | Ashgabat | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Cockburn Town | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | Funafuti | No DST in 1988 | |
| Uganda | All locations | Kampala | No DST in 1988 | |
| Ukraine | All locations | Kyiv | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | Dubai | No DST in 1988 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | London | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
| United States | Most locations | Washington DC | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Hawaii, much of Indiana, Arizona with exceptions, Midway Islands, Wake Island, small region of Alaska | Honolulu | No DST in 1988 | ||
| Uruguay | All locations | Montevideo | Sunday, December 11 | Monday, March 14 |
| US Virgin Islands | All locations | Charlotte Amalie | No DST in 1988 | |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | Tashkent | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
| Vanuatu | All locations | Port Vila | Sunday, September 25 | Sunday, March 27 |
| Venezuela | All locations | Caracas | No DST in 1988 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | Hanoi | No DST in 1988 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | All locations | Mata-Utu | No DST in 1988 | |
| West Bank | All locations | Bethlehem | Saturday, April 9 | Sunday, September 4 |
| Western Sahara | All locations | El Aaiún | No DST in 1988 | |
| Yemen | All locations | Sana | No DST in 1988 | |
| Zambia | All locations | Lusaka | No DST in 1988 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | Harare | No DST in 1988 | |
Daylight Saving Time statistics for 1988
| Daylight Saving Time observance? | Count | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Countries and territories which do not observe DST at all | 146 | India |
| Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST | 93 | United States |
| –Countries and territories where all locations observe DST some part of the year | 85 | China |
| –Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST part of the year | 8 | United States |
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