Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2005
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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 2005.
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 2005 and the second half of 2005.
| Country | Region/states | Example location | DST start date | DST end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | All locations | Kabul | No DST in 2005 | |
| Albania | All locations | Tirana | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Algeria | All locations | Algiers | No DST in 2005 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Andorra La Vella | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Angola | All locations | Luanda | No DST in 2005 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | The Valley | No DST in 2005 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | Mawson | No DST in 2005 | |
| Some locations | South Pole | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, March 20 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | Saint John's | No DST in 2005 | |
| Argentina | All locations | Buenos Aires | No DST in 2005 | |
| Armenia | All locations | Yerevan | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Aruba | All locations | Oranjestad | No DST in 2005 | |
| Australia | South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales | Melbourne | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 27 |
| Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island | Brisbane | No DST in 2005 | ||
| Tasmania | Hobart | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, March 27 | |
| Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 27 | |
| Austria | All locations | Vienna | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Azerbaijan | All locations | Baku | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Bahrain | All locations | Manama | No DST in 2005 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | Dhaka | No DST in 2005 | |
| Barbados | All locations | Bridgetown | No DST in 2005 | |
| Belarus | All locations | Minsk | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Belgium | All locations | Brussels | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Belize | All locations | Belmopan | No DST in 2005 | |
| Benin | All locations | Porto Novo | No DST in 2005 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Hamilton | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Bhutan | All locations | Thimphu | No DST in 2005 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | La Paz | No DST in 2005 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sarajevo | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Botswana | All locations | Gaborone | No DST in 2005 | |
| Brazil | Most locations | Rio de Janeiro | Sunday, October 16 | Sunday, February 20 |
| Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Para, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins | Manaus | No DST in 2005 | ||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | Diego Garcia | No DST in 2005 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | Road Town | No DST in 2005 | |
| Brunei | All locations | Bandar Seri Begawan | No DST in 2005 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sofia | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | Ouagadougou | No DST in 2005 | |
| Burundi | All locations | Bujumbura | No DST in 2005 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | Phnom Penh | No DST in 2005 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | Yaoundé | No DST in 2005 | |
| 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 2005 | ||
| Cape Verde | All locations | Praia | No DST in 2005 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | George Town | No DST in 2005 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | Bangui | No DST in 2005 | |
| Chad | All locations | Ndjamena | No DST in 2005 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Santiago | Sunday, October 9 | Sunday, March 13 |
| Other | Easter Island | Saturday, October 8 | Saturday, March 12 | |
| China | All locations | Beijing | No DST in 2005 | |
| Colombia | All locations | Bogota | No DST in 2005 | |
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | Saipan | No DST in 2005 | |
| Comoros | All locations | Moroni | No DST in 2005 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | Rarotonga | No DST in 2005 | |
| Costa Rica | All locations | San Jose | No DST in 2005 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | Yamoussoukro | No DST in 2005 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Zagreb | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Cuba | All locations | Havana | DST all year in 2005 | |
| Curaçao | All locations | Willemstad | No DST in 2005 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Nicosia | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Czech Republic | All locations | Prague | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | All locations | Kinshasa | No DST in 2005 | |
| Denmark | All locations | Copenhagen | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte | All locations | Mamoutzou | No DST in 2005 | |
| Djibouti | All locations | Djibouti | No DST in 2005 | |
| Dominica | All locations | Roseau | No DST in 2005 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | Santo Domingo | No DST in 2005 | |
| East Timor | All locations | Dili | No DST in 2005 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | Quito | No DST in 2005 | |
| Egypt | All locations | Cairo | Friday, April 29 | Friday, September 30 |
| El Salvador | All locations | San Salvador | No DST in 2005 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | Malabo | No DST in 2005 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | Asmara | No DST in 2005 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Tallinn | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Ethiopia | All locations | Addis Ababa | No DST in 2005 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | Stanley | Sunday, September 4 | Sunday, April 17 |
| Färöer | All locations | Tórshavn | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Fiji | All locations | Suva | No DST in 2005 | |
| Finland | All locations | Helsinki | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| France | Most locations | Paris | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Tahiti, New Caledonia, Marquesas Islands | Papeete | No DST in 2005 | ||
| Französisch-Guayana | All locations | Cayenne | No DST in 2005 | |
| Französisch-Polynesien | All locations | Gambier Islands | No DST in 2005 | |
| Gabon | All locations | Libreville | No DST in 2005 | |
| Gaza Strip | All locations | Gaza | Friday, April 15 | Tuesday, October 4 |
| Georgia | All locations | Tbilisi | No DST in 2005 | |
| Germany | All locations | Berlin | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Ghana | All locations | Accra | No DST in 2005 | |
| Gibraltar | All locations | Gibraltar | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Greece | All locations | Athens | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Greenland | Some locations | Nuuk | Saturday, March 26 | Saturday, October 29 |
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 | ||
| Danmarkshavn | No DST in 2005 | |||
| Qaanaaq | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 | ||
| Grenada | All locations | Saint George's | No DST in 2005 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | Basse-Terre | No DST in 2005 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | Guatemala | No DST in 2005 | |
| Guinea | All locations | Conakry | No DST in 2005 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | Bissau | No DST in 2005 | |
| Guyana | All locations | Georgetown | No DST in 2005 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Port-au-Prince | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | All locations | Vatican City | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Honduras | All locations | Tegucigalpa | No DST in 2005 | |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | All locations | Hong Kong | No DST in 2005 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Budapest | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Iceland | All locations | Reykjavik | No DST in 2005 | |
| India | All locations | New Delhi | No DST in 2005 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | Jakarta | No DST in 2005 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tehran | Tuesday, March 22 | Thursday, September 22 |
| Iraq | All locations | Baghdad | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
| Ireland | All locations | Dublin | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Isle of Man | All locations | Douglas | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Israel | All locations | Jerusalem | Friday, April 1 | Sunday, October 9 |
| Italy | All locations | Rome | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Jamaica | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 2005 | |
| Japan | All locations | Tokyo | No DST in 2005 | |
| Jordan | All locations | Amman | Friday, April 1 | Friday, September 30 |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | Almaty | No DST in 2005 | |
| Kenya | All locations | Nairobi | No DST in 2005 | |
| Kerguelen | All locations | Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 2005 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | Kiritimati | No DST in 2005 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Pristina | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Kuwait | All locations | Kuwait City | No DST in 2005 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Bishkek | Sunday, March 27 | Friday, August 12 |
| Laos | All locations | Vientiane | No DST in 2005 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Riga | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Beirut | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Lesotho | All locations | Maseru | No DST in 2005 | |
| Liberia | All locations | Monrovia | No DST in 2005 | |
| Libya | All locations | Tripoli | No DST in 2005 | |
| Liechtenstein | All locations | Vaduz | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Lithuania | All locations | Vilnius | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Luxembourg | All locations | Luxembourg | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Macau Special Administrative Region | All locations | Macau | No DST in 2005 | |
| Macedonia, Republic of | All locations | Skopje | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Madagascar | All locations | Antananarivo | No DST in 2005 | |
| Malawi | All locations | Lilongwe | No DST in 2005 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | Kuala Lumpur | No DST in 2005 | |
| Maldives | All locations | Male | No DST in 2005 | |
| Mali | All locations | Bamako | No DST in 2005 | |
| Malta | All locations | Valletta | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | Majuro | No DST in 2005 | |
| Martinique | All locations | Fort-de-France | No DST in 2005 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | Nouakchott | No DST in 2005 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | Port Louis | No DST in 2005 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Mexico City | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Sonora | Hermosillo | No DST in 2005 | ||
| Micronesia | All locations | Palikir | No DST in 2005 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Chisinau | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Monaco | All locations | Monaco | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Mongolia | All locations | Ulaanbaatar | Saturday, March 26 | Saturday, September 24 |
| Montenegro | All locations | Podgorica | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Montserrat | All locations | Brades | No DST in 2005 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Casablanca | No DST in 2005 | |
| Mozambique | All locations | Maputo | No DST in 2005 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | Yangon | No DST in 2005 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Windhoek | Sunday, September 4 | Sunday, April 3 |
| Nauru | All locations | Yaren | No DST in 2005 | |
| Nepal | All locations | Kathmandu | No DST in 2005 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Amsterdam | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Other | Kralendijk (Bonaire) | No DST in 2005 | ||
| New Zealand | All locations | Auckland | Sunday, October 2 | Sunday, March 20 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | Managua | Sunday, April 10 | Sunday, October 2 |
| Niger | All locations | Niamey | No DST in 2005 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | Lagos | No DST in 2005 | |
| Niue | All locations | Alofi | No DST in 2005 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 2005 | |
| North Korea | All locations | Pyongyang | No DST in 2005 | |
| Norway | All locations | Oslo | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Oman | All locations | Muscat | No DST in 2005 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | Islamabad | No DST in 2005 | |
| Palau | All locations | Melekeok | No DST in 2005 | |
| Panama | All locations | Panama | No DST in 2005 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | Port Moresby | No DST in 2005 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Asuncion | Sunday, October 16 | Sunday, March 13 |
| Peru | All locations | Lima | No DST in 2005 | |
| Philippines | All locations | Manila | No DST in 2005 | |
| Pitcairninseln | All locations | Adamstown | No DST in 2005 | |
| Poland | All locations | Warsaw | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Portugal | All locations | Lisbon | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Puerto Rico | All locations | San Juan | No DST in 2005 | |
| Qatar | All locations | Doha | No DST in 2005 | |
| Republic of South Sudan | All locations | Juba | No DST in 2005 | |
| Republic of the Congo | All locations | Brazzaville | No DST in 2005 | |
| Reunion | All locations | Saint-Denis | No DST in 2005 | |
| Romania | All locations | Bucharest | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Russia | All locations | Moscow | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Rwanda | All locations | Kigali | No DST in 2005 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | Basseterre | No DST in 2005 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | Castries | No DST in 2005 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | Kingstown | No DST in 2005 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Apia | No DST in 2005 | |
| San Marino | All locations | San Marino | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | São Tomé | No DST in 2005 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | Riyadh | No DST in 2005 | |
| Senegal | All locations | Dakar | No DST in 2005 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Belgrade | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Seychelles | All locations | Victoria | No DST in 2005 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | Freetown | No DST in 2005 | |
| Singapore | All locations | Singapore | No DST in 2005 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | Philipsburg | No DST in 2005 | |
| Slovakia | All locations | Bratislava | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Slovenia | All locations | Ljubljana | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Solomon Islands | All locations | Honiara | No DST in 2005 | |
| Somalia | All locations | Mogadishu | No DST in 2005 | |
| South Africa | All locations | Johannesburg | No DST in 2005 | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | All locations | King Edward Point | No DST in 2005 | |
| South Korea | All locations | Seoul | No DST in 2005 | |
| Spain | All locations | Madrid | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | No DST in 2005 | |
| St. Helena | All locations | Jamestown | No DST in 2005 | |
| Sudan | All locations | Khartoum | No DST in 2005 | |
| Suriname | All locations | Paramaribo | No DST in 2005 | |
| Swaziland | All locations | Mbabane | No DST in 2005 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Stockholm | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Zürich | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Syria | All locations | Damascus | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
| Taiwan | All locations | Taipei | No DST in 2005 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | Dushanbe | No DST in 2005 | |
| Tanzania | All locations | Dar es Salaam | No DST in 2005 | |
| Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Saint-Pierre | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Territory of American Samoa | All locations | Pago Pago | No DST in 2005 | |
| Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | Bantam | No DST in 2005 | |
| Territory of Guam | All locations | Guam (Hagåtña) | No DST in 2005 | |
| Thailand | All locations | Bangkok | No DST in 2005 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Nassau | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| The Gambia | All locations | Banjul | No DST in 2005 | |
| Togo | All locations | Lome | No DST in 2005 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | Fakaofo | No DST in 2005 | |
| Tonga | All locations | Nukualofa | No DST in 2005 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | Port of Spain | No DST in 2005 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | Tunis | Sunday, May 1 | Friday, September 30 |
| Turkey | All locations | Ankara | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | Ashgabat | No DST in 2005 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Cockburn Town | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | Funafuti | No DST in 2005 | |
| Uganda | All locations | Kampala | No DST in 2005 | |
| Ukraine | All locations | Kyiv | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | Dubai | No DST in 2005 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | London | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 30 |
| United States | Most locations | Washington DC | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
| Hawaii, much of Indiana, Arizona, Midway Islands, Wake Island | Honolulu | No DST in 2005 | ||
| United States Virgin Islands | All locations | Charlotte Amalie | No DST in 2005 | |
| Uruguay | All locations | Montevideo | Sunday, October 9 | Sunday, March 27 |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | Tashkent | No DST in 2005 | |
| Vanuatu | All locations | Port Vila | No DST in 2005 | |
| Venezuela | All locations | Caracas | No DST in 2005 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | Hanoi | No DST in 2005 | |
| Wallis und Futuna | All locations | Mata-Utu | No DST in 2005 | |
| West Bank | All locations | Bethlehem | Friday, April 15 | Tuesday, October 4 |
| Western Sahara | All locations | El Aaiún | No DST in 2005 | |
| Yemen | All locations | Sana | No DST in 2005 | |
| Zambia | All locations | Lusaka | No DST in 2005 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | Harare | No DST in 2005 | |
Daylight Saving Time statistics for 2005
| 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 | 73 |
| –Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST | 9 |
| –Countries and territories which observe DST all year | 1 |
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