Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1997
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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 1997.
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 1997 and the second half of 1997.
| Country | Region/states | Example location | DST start date | DST end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | All locations | Kabul | No DST in 1997 | |
| Albania | All locations | Tirana | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Algeria | All locations | Algiers | No DST in 1997 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Andorra La Vella | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Angola | All locations | Luanda | No DST in 1997 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | The Valley | No DST in 1997 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | Mawson | No DST in 1997 | |
| Some locations | South Pole | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, March 16 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | Saint John's | No DST in 1997 | |
| Argentina | All locations | Buenos Aires | No DST in 1997 | |
| Armenia | All locations | Yerevan | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Aruba | All locations | Oranjestad | No DST in 1997 | |
| Australia | South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales | Melbourne | Sunday, October 26 | Sunday, March 30 |
| Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island | Brisbane | No DST in 1997 | ||
| Tasmania | Hobart | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, March 30 | |
| Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 26 | Sunday, March 30 | |
| Austria | All locations | Vienna | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Azerbaijan | All locations | Baku | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Bahrain | All locations | Manama | No DST in 1997 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | Dhaka | No DST in 1997 | |
| Barbados | All locations | Bridgetown | No DST in 1997 | |
| Belarus | All locations | Minsk | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Belgium | All locations | Brussels | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Belize | All locations | Belmopan | No DST in 1997 | |
| Benin | All locations | Porto Novo | No DST in 1997 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Hamilton | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Bhutan | All locations | Thimphu | No DST in 1997 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | La Paz | No DST in 1997 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sarajevo | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Botswana | All locations | Gaborone | No DST in 1997 | |
| Brazil | Most locations | Rio de Janeiro | Monday, October 6 | Sunday, February 16 |
| Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Para, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima | Manaus | No DST in 1997 | ||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | Diego Garcia | No DST in 1997 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | Road Town | No DST in 1997 | |
| Brunei | All locations | Bandar Seri Begawan | No DST in 1997 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sofia | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | Ouagadougou | No DST in 1997 | |
| Burundi | All locations | Bujumbura | No DST in 1997 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | Phnom Penh | No DST in 1997 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | Yaoundé | No DST in 1997 | |
| Canada | Most locations | Montreal | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| 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 1997 | ||
| Cape Verde | All locations | Praia | No DST in 1997 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | George Town | No DST in 1997 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | Bangui | No DST in 1997 | |
| Chad | All locations | Ndjamena | No DST in 1997 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Santiago | Sunday, October 12 | Sunday, March 30 |
| Other | Easter Island | Saturday, October 11 | Saturday, March 29 | |
| China | All locations | Beijing | No DST in 1997 | |
| Colombia | All locations | Bogota | No DST in 1997 | |
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | Saipan | No DST in 1997 | |
| Comoros | All locations | Moroni | No DST in 1997 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | Rarotonga | No DST in 1997 | |
| Costa Rica | All locations | San Jose | No DST in 1997 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | Yamoussoukro | No DST in 1997 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Zagreb | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Cuba | All locations | Havana | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 12 |
| Curaçao | All locations | Willemstad | No DST in 1997 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Nicosia | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, September 28 |
| Czech Republic | All locations | Prague | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | All locations | Kinshasa | No DST in 1997 | |
| Denmark | All locations | Copenhagen | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte | All locations | Mamoutzou | No DST in 1997 | |
| Djibouti | All locations | Djibouti | No DST in 1997 | |
| Dominica | All locations | Roseau | No DST in 1997 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | Santo Domingo | No DST in 1997 | |
| East Timor | All locations | Dili | No DST in 1997 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | Quito | No DST in 1997 | |
| Egypt | All locations | Cairo | Friday, April 25 | Friday, September 26 |
| El Salvador | All locations | San Salvador | No DST in 1997 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | Malabo | No DST in 1997 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | Asmara | No DST in 1997 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Tallinn | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Ethiopia | All locations | Addis Ababa | No DST in 1997 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | Stanley | Sunday, September 14 | Sunday, April 20 |
| Färöer | All locations | Tórshavn | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Fiji | All locations | Suva | No DST in 1997 | |
| Finland | All locations | Helsinki | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| France | Most locations | Paris | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Tahiti, Marquesas Islands | Papeete | No DST in 1997 | ||
| Other | Noumea | Does not start this year | Sunday, March 2 | |
| Französisch-Guayana | All locations | Cayenne | No DST in 1997 | |
| Französisch-Polynesien | All locations | Gambier Islands | No DST in 1997 | |
| Gabon | All locations | Libreville | No DST in 1997 | |
| Gaza Strip | All locations | Gaza | Friday, April 4 | Friday, September 19 |
| Georgia | All locations | Tbilisi | Does not start this year | Sunday, October 26 |
| Germany | All locations | Berlin | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Ghana | All locations | Accra | No DST in 1997 | |
| Gibraltar | All locations | Gibraltar | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Greece | All locations | Athens | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Greenland | Some locations | Nuuk | Saturday, March 29 | Saturday, October 25 |
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 | ||
| Danmarkshavn | No DST in 1997 | |||
| Qaanaaq | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 | ||
| Grenada | All locations | Saint George's | No DST in 1997 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | Basse-Terre | No DST in 1997 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | Guatemala | No DST in 1997 | |
| Guinea | All locations | Conakry | No DST in 1997 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | Bissau | No DST in 1997 | |
| Guyana | All locations | Georgetown | No DST in 1997 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Port-au-Prince | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | All locations | Vatican City | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Honduras | All locations | Tegucigalpa | No DST in 1997 | |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | All locations | Hong Kong | No DST in 1997 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Budapest | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Iceland | All locations | Reykjavik | No DST in 1997 | |
| India | All locations | New Delhi | No DST in 1997 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | Jakarta | No DST in 1997 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tehran | Saturday, March 22 | Monday, September 22 |
| Iraq | All locations | Baghdad | Tuesday, April 1 | Wednesday, October 1 |
| Ireland | All locations | Dublin | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Isle of Man | All locations | Douglas | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Israel | All locations | Jerusalem | Friday, March 21 | Sunday, September 14 |
| Italy | All locations | Rome | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Jamaica | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 1997 | |
| Japan | All locations | Tokyo | No DST in 1997 | |
| Jordan | All locations | Amman | Friday, April 4 | Friday, September 19 |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | Almaty | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Kenya | All locations | Nairobi | No DST in 1997 | |
| Kerguelen | All locations | Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1997 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | Kiritimati | No DST in 1997 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Pristina | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Kuwait | All locations | Kuwait City | No DST in 1997 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Bishkek | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Laos | All locations | Vientiane | No DST in 1997 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Riga | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Beirut | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, September 28 |
| Lesotho | All locations | Maseru | No DST in 1997 | |
| Liberia | All locations | Monrovia | No DST in 1997 | |
| Libya | All locations | Tripoli | Friday, April 4 | Saturday, October 4 |
| Liechtenstein | All locations | Vaduz | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Lithuania | All locations | Vilnius | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Luxembourg | All locations | Luxembourg | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Macau Special Administrative Region | All locations | Macau | No DST in 1997 | |
| Macedonia, Republic of | All locations | Skopje | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Madagascar | All locations | Antananarivo | No DST in 1997 | |
| Malawi | All locations | Lilongwe | No DST in 1997 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | Kuala Lumpur | No DST in 1997 | |
| Maldives | All locations | Male | No DST in 1997 | |
| Mali | All locations | Bamako | No DST in 1997 | |
| Malta | All locations | Valletta | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | Majuro | No DST in 1997 | |
| Martinique | All locations | Fort-de-France | No DST in 1997 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | Nouakchott | No DST in 1997 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | Port Louis | No DST in 1997 | |
| Mexico | All locations | Mexico City | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Micronesia | All locations | Palikir | No DST in 1997 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Chisinau | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Monaco | All locations | Monaco | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Mongolia | All locations | Ulaanbaatar | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, September 28 |
| Montenegro | All locations | Podgorica | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Montserrat | All locations | Brades | No DST in 1997 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Casablanca | No DST in 1997 | |
| Mozambique | All locations | Maputo | No DST in 1997 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | Yangon | No DST in 1997 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Windhoek | Sunday, September 7 | Sunday, April 6 |
| Nauru | All locations | Yaren | No DST in 1997 | |
| Nepal | All locations | Kathmandu | No DST in 1997 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Amsterdam | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Other | Kralendijk (Bonaire) | No DST in 1997 | ||
| New Zealand | All locations | Auckland | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, March 16 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | Managua | No DST in 1997 | |
| Niger | All locations | Niamey | No DST in 1997 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | Lagos | No DST in 1997 | |
| Niue | All locations | Alofi | No DST in 1997 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 1997 | |
| North Korea | All locations | Pyongyang | No DST in 1997 | |
| Norway | All locations | Oslo | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Oman | All locations | Muscat | No DST in 1997 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | Islamabad | No DST in 1997 | |
| Palau | All locations | Melekeok | No DST in 1997 | |
| Panama | All locations | Panama | No DST in 1997 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | Port Moresby | No DST in 1997 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Asuncion | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, February 23 |
| Peru | All locations | Lima | No DST in 1997 | |
| Philippines | All locations | Manila | No DST in 1997 | |
| Pitcairninseln | All locations | Adamstown | No DST in 1997 | |
| Poland | All locations | Warsaw | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Portugal | All locations | Lisbon | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Puerto Rico | All locations | San Juan | No DST in 1997 | |
| Qatar | All locations | Doha | No DST in 1997 | |
| Republic of South Sudan | All locations | Juba | No DST in 1997 | |
| Republic of the Congo | All locations | Brazzaville | No DST in 1997 | |
| Reunion | All locations | Saint-Denis | No DST in 1997 | |
| Romania | All locations | Bucharest | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Russia | All locations | Moscow | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Rwanda | All locations | Kigali | No DST in 1997 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | Basseterre | No DST in 1997 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | Castries | No DST in 1997 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | Kingstown | No DST in 1997 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Apia | No DST in 1997 | |
| San Marino | All locations | San Marino | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | São Tomé | No DST in 1997 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | Riyadh | No DST in 1997 | |
| Senegal | All locations | Dakar | No DST in 1997 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Belgrade | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Seychelles | All locations | Victoria | No DST in 1997 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | Freetown | No DST in 1997 | |
| Singapore | All locations | Singapore | No DST in 1997 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | Philipsburg | No DST in 1997 | |
| Slovakia | All locations | Bratislava | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Slovenia | All locations | Ljubljana | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Solomon Islands | All locations | Honiara | No DST in 1997 | |
| Somalia | All locations | Mogadishu | No DST in 1997 | |
| South Africa | All locations | Johannesburg | No DST in 1997 | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | All locations | King Edward Point | No DST in 1997 | |
| South Korea | All locations | Seoul | No DST in 1997 | |
| Spain | All locations | Madrid | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | No DST in 1997 | |
| St. Helena | All locations | Jamestown | No DST in 1997 | |
| Sudan | All locations | Khartoum | No DST in 1997 | |
| Suriname | All locations | Paramaribo | No DST in 1997 | |
| Swaziland | All locations | Mbabane | No DST in 1997 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Stockholm | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Zürich | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Syria | All locations | Damascus | Monday, March 31 | Wednesday, October 1 |
| Taiwan | All locations | Taipei | No DST in 1997 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | Dushanbe | No DST in 1997 | |
| Tanzania | All locations | Dar es Salaam | No DST in 1997 | |
| Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Saint-Pierre | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Territory of American Samoa | All locations | Pago Pago | No DST in 1997 | |
| Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | Bantam | No DST in 1997 | |
| Territory of Guam | All locations | Guam (Hagåtña) | No DST in 1997 | |
| Thailand | All locations | Bangkok | No DST in 1997 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Nassau | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| The Gambia | All locations | Banjul | No DST in 1997 | |
| Togo | All locations | Lome | No DST in 1997 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | Fakaofo | No DST in 1997 | |
| Tonga | All locations | Nukualofa | No DST in 1997 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | Port of Spain | No DST in 1997 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | Tunis | No DST in 1997 | |
| Turkey | All locations | Ankara | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | Ashgabat | No DST in 1997 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Cockburn Town | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | Funafuti | No DST in 1997 | |
| Uganda | All locations | Kampala | No DST in 1997 | |
| Ukraine | All locations | Kyiv | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | Dubai | No DST in 1997 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | London | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| United States | Most locations | Washington DC | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Hawaii, much of Indiana, Arizona, Midway Islands, Wake Island | Honolulu | No DST in 1997 | ||
| United States Virgin Islands | All locations | Charlotte Amalie | No DST in 1997 | |
| Uruguay | All locations | Montevideo | No DST in 1997 | |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | Tashkent | No DST in 1997 | |
| Vanuatu | All locations | Port Vila | No DST in 1997 | |
| Venezuela | All locations | Caracas | No DST in 1997 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | Hanoi | No DST in 1997 | |
| Wallis und Futuna | All locations | Mata-Utu | No DST in 1997 | |
| West Bank | All locations | Bethlehem | Friday, April 4 | Friday, September 19 |
| Western Sahara | All locations | El Aaiún | No DST in 1997 | |
| Yemen | All locations | Sana | No DST in 1997 | |
| Zambia | All locations | Lusaka | No DST in 1997 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | Harare | No DST in 1997 | |
Daylight Saving Time statistics for 1997
| Daylight Saving Time observance? | Count |
|---|---|
| Countries and territories which do not observe DST at all | 156 |
| Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST | 83 |
| –Countries and territories where all locations observe DST some part of the year | 75 |
| –Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST | 8 |
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