Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1993
More About Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time is also called summer time or daylight savings 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 1993.
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 1993 and the second half of 1993.
| Country | Region/states | Example location | DST start date | DST end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | All locations | Kabul | No DST in 1993 | |
| Albania | All locations | Tirana | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Algeria | All locations | Algiers | No DST in 1993 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Andorra La Vella | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Angola | All locations | Luanda | No DST in 1993 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | The Valley | No DST in 1993 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | Mawson | No DST in 1993 | |
| Some locations | South Pole | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, March 21 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | Saint John's | No DST in 1993 | |
| Argentina | All locations | Buenos Aires | Does not start this year | Sunday, March 7 |
| Armenia | All locations | Yerevan | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Aruba | All locations | Oranjestad | No DST in 1993 | |
| Australia | South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales, small region of Queensland | Melbourne | Sunday, October 31 | Sunday, March 7 |
| Queensland with exceptions, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island | Brisbane | No DST in 1993 | ||
| Tasmania | Hobart | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, March 28 | |
| Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 31 | Sunday, March 7 | |
| Austria | All locations | Vienna | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Azerbaijan | All locations | Baku | No DST in 1993 | |
| Bahrain | All locations | Manama | No DST in 1993 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | Dhaka | No DST in 1993 | |
| Barbados | All locations | Bridgetown | No DST in 1993 | |
| Belarus | All locations | Minsk | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Belgium | All locations | Brussels | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Belize | All locations | Belmopan | No DST in 1993 | |
| Benin | All locations | Porto Novo | No DST in 1993 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Hamilton | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
| Bhutan | All locations | Thimphu | No DST in 1993 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | La Paz | No DST in 1993 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sarajevo | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Botswana | All locations | Gaborone | No DST in 1993 | |
| Brazil | Most locations | Rio de Janeiro | Sunday, October 17 | Sunday, January 31 |
| Pernambuco, Sergipe, Para, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, much of Acre, Roraima, Tocantins | Belém | No DST in 1993 | ||
| Amazonas, much of Acre | Manaus | Sunday, October 17 | Does not end this year | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | Diego Garcia | No DST in 1993 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | Road Town | No DST in 1993 | |
| Brunei | All locations | Bandar Seri Begawan | No DST in 1993 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sofia | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | Ouagadougou | No DST in 1993 | |
| Burundi | All locations | Bujumbura | No DST in 1993 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | Phnom Penh | No DST in 1993 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | Yaoundé | No DST in 1993 | |
| Canada | Most locations | Montreal | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
| 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 1993 | ||
| Cape Verde | All locations | Praia | No DST in 1993 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | George Town | No DST in 1993 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | Bangui | No DST in 1993 | |
| Chad | All locations | Ndjamena | No DST in 1993 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Santiago | Sunday, October 10 | Sunday, March 14 |
| Other | Easter Island | Saturday, October 9 | Saturday, March 13 | |
| China | All locations | Beijing | No DST in 1993 | |
| Colombia | All locations | Bogota | Does not start this year | Sunday, April 4 |
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | Saipan | No DST in 1993 | |
| Comoros | All locations | Moroni | No DST in 1993 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | Rarotonga | No DST in 1993 | |
| Costa Rica | All locations | San Jose | No DST in 1993 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | Yamoussoukro | No DST in 1993 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Zagreb | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Cuba | All locations | Havana | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 10 |
| Curaçao | All locations | Willemstad | No DST in 1993 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Nicosia | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Czech Republic | All locations | Prague | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | All locations | Kinshasa | No DST in 1993 | |
| Denmark | All locations | Copenhagen | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte | All locations | Mamoutzou | No DST in 1993 | |
| Djibouti | All locations | Djibouti | No DST in 1993 | |
| Dominica | All locations | Roseau | No DST in 1993 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | Santo Domingo | No DST in 1993 | |
| East Timor | All locations | Dili | No DST in 1993 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | Quito | No DST in 1993 | |
| Egypt | All locations | Cairo | Saturday, May 1 | Friday, October 1 |
| El Salvador | All locations | San Salvador | No DST in 1993 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | Malabo | No DST in 1993 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | Asmara | No DST in 1993 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Tallinn | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Ethiopia | All locations | Addis Ababa | No DST in 1993 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | Stanley | Sunday, September 12 | Sunday, April 18 |
| Färöer | All locations | Tórshavn | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Fiji | All locations | Suva | No DST in 1993 | |
| Finland | All locations | Helsinki | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| France | Most locations | Paris | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Tahiti, New Caledonia, Marquesas Islands | Papeete | No DST in 1993 | ||
| Französisch-Guayana | All locations | Cayenne | No DST in 1993 | |
| Französisch-Polynesien | All locations | Gambier Islands | No DST in 1993 | |
| Gabon | All locations | Libreville | No DST in 1993 | |
| Gaza Strip | All locations | Gaza | Friday, April 2 | Sunday, September 5 |
| Georgia | All locations | Tbilisi | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Germany | All locations | Berlin | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Ghana | All locations | Accra | No DST in 1993 | |
| Gibraltar | All locations | Gibraltar | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Greece | All locations | Athens | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Greenland | Most locations | Nuuk | Saturday, March 27 | Saturday, September 25 |
| Qaanaaq | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 | ||
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 | ||
| Grenada | All locations | Saint George's | No DST in 1993 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | Basse-Terre | No DST in 1993 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | Guatemala | No DST in 1993 | |
| Guinea | All locations | Conakry | No DST in 1993 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | Bissau | No DST in 1993 | |
| Guyana | All locations | Georgetown | No DST in 1993 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Port-au-Prince | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | All locations | Vatican City | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Honduras | All locations | Tegucigalpa | No DST in 1993 | |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | All locations | Hong Kong | No DST in 1993 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Budapest | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Iceland | All locations | Reykjavik | No DST in 1993 | |
| India | All locations | New Delhi | No DST in 1993 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | Jakarta | No DST in 1993 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tehran | Monday, March 22 | Wednesday, September 22 |
| Iraq | All locations | Baghdad | Thursday, April 1 | Friday, October 1 |
| Ireland | All locations | Dublin | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 24 |
| Isle of Man | All locations | Douglas | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 24 |
| Israel | All locations | Jerusalem | Friday, April 2 | Sunday, September 5 |
| Italy | All locations | Rome | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Jamaica | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 1993 | |
| Japan | All locations | Tokyo | No DST in 1993 | |
| Jordan | All locations | Amman | Friday, April 2 | Friday, October 1 |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | Almaty | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Kenya | All locations | Nairobi | No DST in 1993 | |
| Kerguelen | All locations | Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1993 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | Kiritimati | No DST in 1993 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Pristina | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Kuwait | All locations | Kuwait City | No DST in 1993 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Bishkek | Sunday, April 11 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Laos | All locations | Vientiane | No DST in 1993 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Riga | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Beirut | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Lesotho | All locations | Maseru | No DST in 1993 | |
| Liberia | All locations | Monrovia | No DST in 1993 | |
| Libya | All locations | Tripoli | No DST in 1993 | |
| Liechtenstein | All locations | Vaduz | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Lithuania | All locations | Vilnius | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Luxembourg | All locations | Luxembourg | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Macau Special Administrative Region | All locations | Macau | No DST in 1993 | |
| Macedonia, Republic of | All locations | Skopje | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Madagascar | All locations | Antananarivo | No DST in 1993 | |
| Malawi | All locations | Lilongwe | No DST in 1993 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | Kuala Lumpur | No DST in 1993 | |
| Maldives | All locations | Male | No DST in 1993 | |
| Mali | All locations | Bamako | No DST in 1993 | |
| Malta | All locations | Valletta | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | Majuro | No DST in 1993 | |
| Martinique | All locations | Fort-de-France | No DST in 1993 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | Nouakchott | No DST in 1993 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | Port Louis | No DST in 1993 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Mexico City | No DST in 1993 | |
| Baja California, regions of Chihuahua | Mexicali | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 | |
| Micronesia | All locations | Palikir | No DST in 1993 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Chisinau | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Monaco | All locations | Monaco | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Mongolia | All locations | Ulaanbaatar | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Montenegro | All locations | Podgorica | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Montserrat | All locations | Brades | No DST in 1993 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Casablanca | No DST in 1993 | |
| Mozambique | All locations | Maputo | No DST in 1993 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | Yangon | No DST in 1993 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Windhoek | No DST in 1993 | |
| Nauru | All locations | Yaren | No DST in 1993 | |
| Nepal | All locations | Kathmandu | No DST in 1993 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Amsterdam | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Other | Kralendijk (Bonaire) | No DST in 1993 | ||
| New Zealand | All locations | Auckland | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, March 21 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | Managua | DST all year in 1993 | |
| Niger | All locations | Niamey | No DST in 1993 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | Lagos | No DST in 1993 | |
| Niue | All locations | Alofi | No DST in 1993 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 1993 | |
| North Korea | All locations | Pyongyang | No DST in 1993 | |
| Norway | All locations | Oslo | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Oman | All locations | Muscat | No DST in 1993 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | Islamabad | No DST in 1993 | |
| Palau | All locations | Melekeok | No DST in 1993 | |
| Panama | All locations | Panama | No DST in 1993 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | Port Moresby | No DST in 1993 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Asuncion | Friday, October 1 | Wednesday, March 31 |
| Peru | All locations | Lima | No DST in 1993 | |
| Philippines | All locations | Manila | No DST in 1993 | |
| Pitcairninseln | All locations | Adamstown | No DST in 1993 | |
| Poland | All locations | Warsaw | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Portugal | All locations | Lisbon | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Puerto Rico | All locations | San Juan | No DST in 1993 | |
| Qatar | All locations | Doha | No DST in 1993 | |
| Republic of South Sudan | All locations | Juba | No DST in 1993 | |
| Republic of the Congo | All locations | Brazzaville | No DST in 1993 | |
| Reunion | All locations | Saint-Denis | No DST in 1993 | |
| Romania | All locations | Bucharest | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Russia | All locations | Moscow | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Rwanda | All locations | Kigali | No DST in 1993 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | Basseterre | No DST in 1993 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | Castries | No DST in 1993 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | Kingstown | No DST in 1993 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Apia | No DST in 1993 | |
| San Marino | All locations | San Marino | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | São Tomé | No DST in 1993 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | Riyadh | No DST in 1993 | |
| Senegal | All locations | Dakar | No DST in 1993 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Belgrade | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Seychelles | All locations | Victoria | No DST in 1993 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | Freetown | No DST in 1993 | |
| Singapore | All locations | Singapore | No DST in 1993 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | Philipsburg | No DST in 1993 | |
| Slovakia | All locations | Bratislava | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Slovenia | All locations | Ljubljana | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Solomon Islands | All locations | Honiara | No DST in 1993 | |
| Somalia | All locations | Mogadishu | No DST in 1993 | |
| South Africa | All locations | Johannesburg | No DST in 1993 | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | All locations | King Edward Point | No DST in 1993 | |
| South Korea | All locations | Seoul | No DST in 1993 | |
| Spain | All locations | Madrid | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | No DST in 1993 | |
| St. Helena | All locations | Jamestown | No DST in 1993 | |
| Sudan | All locations | Khartoum | No DST in 1993 | |
| Suriname | All locations | Paramaribo | No DST in 1993 | |
| Swaziland | All locations | Mbabane | No DST in 1993 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Stockholm | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Zürich | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Syria | All locations | Damascus | Friday, March 26 | Saturday, September 25 |
| Taiwan | All locations | Taipei | No DST in 1993 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | Dushanbe | No DST in 1993 | |
| Tanzania | All locations | Dar es Salaam | No DST in 1993 | |
| Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Saint-Pierre | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
| Territory of American Samoa | All locations | Pago Pago | No DST in 1993 | |
| Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | Bantam | No DST in 1993 | |
| Territory of Guam | All locations | Guam (Hagåtña) | No DST in 1993 | |
| Thailand | All locations | Bangkok | No DST in 1993 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Nassau | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
| The Gambia | All locations | Banjul | No DST in 1993 | |
| Togo | All locations | Lome | No DST in 1993 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | Fakaofo | No DST in 1993 | |
| Tonga | All locations | Nukualofa | No DST in 1993 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | Port of Spain | No DST in 1993 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | Tunis | No DST in 1993 | |
| Turkey | All locations | Ankara | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | Ashgabat | No DST in 1993 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Cockburn Town | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | Funafuti | No DST in 1993 | |
| Uganda | All locations | Kampala | No DST in 1993 | |
| Ukraine | All locations | Kyiv | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, September 26 |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | Dubai | No DST in 1993 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | London | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 24 |
| United States | Most locations | Washington DC | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
| Hawaii, much of Indiana, Arizona, Midway Islands, Wake Island | Honolulu | No DST in 1993 | ||
| United States Virgin Islands | All locations | Charlotte Amalie | No DST in 1993 | |
| Uruguay | All locations | Montevideo | Does not start this year | Sunday, February 28 |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | Tashkent | No DST in 1993 | |
| Vanuatu | All locations | Port Vila | Does not start this year | Sunday, January 24 |
| Venezuela | All locations | Caracas | No DST in 1993 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | Hanoi | No DST in 1993 | |
| Wallis und Futuna | All locations | Mata-Utu | No DST in 1993 | |
| West Bank | All locations | Bethlehem | Friday, April 2 | Sunday, September 5 |
| Western Sahara | All locations | El Aaiún | No DST in 1993 | |
| Yemen | All locations | Sana | No DST in 1993 | |
| Zambia | All locations | Lusaka | No DST in 1993 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | Harare | No DST in 1993 | |
Daylight Saving Time statistics for 1993
| Daylight Saving Time observance? | Count |
|---|---|
| Countries and territories which do not observe DST at all | 154 |
| Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST | 85 |
| –Countries and territories where all locations observe DST some part of the year | 76 |
| –Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST | 8 |
| –Countries and territories which observe DST all year | 1 |
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