Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2006
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 2006.
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 2006 and the second half of 2006.
| Country | Region/states | Example location | DST start date | DST end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | All locations | Kabul | No DST in 2006 | |
| Albania | All locations | Tirana | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Algeria | All locations | Algiers | No DST in 2006 | |
| American Samoa | All locations | Pago Pago | No DST in 2006 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Andorra La Vella | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Angola | All locations | Luanda | No DST in 2006 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | The Valley | No DST in 2006 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | Mawson | No DST in 2006 | |
| Some locations | South Pole | Sunday, October 1 | Sunday, March 19 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | Saint John's | No DST in 2006 | |
| Argentina | All locations | Buenos Aires | No DST in 2006 | |
| Armenia | All locations | Yerevan | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Aruba | All locations | Oranjestad | No DST in 2006 | |
| Australia | South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales | Melbourne | Sunday, October 29 | Sunday, April 2 |
| Queensland, Northern Territory, Christmas Island | Brisbane | No DST in 2006 | ||
| Western Australia | Perth | Sunday, December 3 | Does not end this year | |
| Tasmania | Hobart | Sunday, October 1 | Sunday, April 2 | |
| Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 29 | Sunday, April 2 | |
| Austria | All locations | Vienna | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Azerbaijan | All locations | Baku | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Bahrain | All locations | Manama | No DST in 2006 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | Dhaka | No DST in 2006 | |
| Barbados | All locations | Bridgetown | No DST in 2006 | |
| Belarus | All locations | Minsk | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Belgium | All locations | Brussels | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Belize | All locations | Belmopan | No DST in 2006 | |
| Benin | All locations | Porto Novo | No DST in 2006 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Hamilton | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Bhutan | All locations | Thimphu | No DST in 2006 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | La Paz | No DST in 2006 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sarajevo | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Botswana | All locations | Gaborone | No DST in 2006 | |
| Brazil | Most locations | Rio de Janeiro | Sunday, November 5 | Sunday, February 19 |
| Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Para, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins | Manaus | No DST in 2006 | ||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | Diego Garcia | No DST in 2006 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | Road Town | No DST in 2006 | |
| Brunei | All locations | Bandar Seri Begawan | No DST in 2006 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sofia | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | Ouagadougou | No DST in 2006 | |
| Burundi | All locations | Bujumbura | No DST in 2006 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | Phnom Penh | No DST in 2006 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | Yaoundé | No DST in 2006 | |
| Canada | Most locations | Montreal | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 29 |
| 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 2006 | ||
| Cape Verde | All locations | Praia | No DST in 2006 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | George Town | No DST in 2006 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | Bangui | No DST in 2006 | |
| Chad | All locations | Ndjamena | No DST in 2006 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Santiago | Sunday, October 15 | Sunday, March 12 |
| Other | Easter Island | Saturday, October 14 | Saturday, March 11 | |
| China | All locations | Beijing | No DST in 2006 | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | Bantam | No DST in 2006 | |
| Colombia | All locations | Bogota | No DST in 2006 | |
| Comoros | All locations | Moroni | No DST in 2006 | |
| Congo | All locations | Brazzaville | No DST in 2006 | |
| Congo Dem.Rep. | All locations | Kinshasa | No DST in 2006 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | Rarotonga | No DST in 2006 | |
| Costa Rica | All locations | San Jose | No DST in 2006 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | Yamoussoukro | No DST in 2006 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Zagreb | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Cuba | All locations | Havana | Does not start this year | Sunday, October 29 |
| Curaçao | All locations | Willemstad | No DST in 2006 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Nicosia | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Czech Republic | All locations | Prague | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Denmark | All locations | Copenhagen | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Djibouti | All locations | Djibouti | No DST in 2006 | |
| Dominica | All locations | Roseau | No DST in 2006 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | Santo Domingo | No DST in 2006 | |
| East Timor | All locations | Dili | No DST in 2006 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | Quito | No DST in 2006 | |
| Egypt | All locations | Cairo | Friday, April 28 | Friday, September 22 |
| El Salvador | All locations | San Salvador | No DST in 2006 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | Malabo | No DST in 2006 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | Asmara | No DST in 2006 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Tallinn | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Ethiopia | All locations | Addis Ababa | No DST in 2006 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | Stanley | Sunday, September 3 | Sunday, April 16 |
| Faroe Islands | All locations | Tórshavn | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Fiji | All locations | Suva | No DST in 2006 | |
| Finland | All locations | Helsinki | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| France | Most locations | Paris | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Tahiti, New Caledonia, Marquesas Islands, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin | Papeete | No DST in 2006 | ||
| French Guiana | All locations | Cayenne | No DST in 2006 | |
| French Polynesia | All locations | Gambier Islands | No DST in 2006 | |
| Gabon | All locations | Libreville | No DST in 2006 | |
| Gaza Strip | All locations | Gaza | Saturday, April 1 | Friday, September 22 |
| Georgia | All locations | Tbilisi | No DST in 2006 | |
| Germany | All locations | Berlin | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Ghana | All locations | Accra | No DST in 2006 | |
| Gibraltar | All locations | Gibraltar | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Greece | All locations | Athens | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Greenland | Some locations | Nuuk | Saturday, March 25 | Saturday, October 28 |
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 | ||
| Danmarkshavn | No DST in 2006 | |||
| Qaanaaq | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 29 | ||
| Grenada | All locations | Saint George's | No DST in 2006 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | Basse-Terre | No DST in 2006 | |
| Guam | All locations | Guam (Hagåtña) | No DST in 2006 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | Guatemala | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 1 |
| Guinea | All locations | Conakry | No DST in 2006 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | Bissau | No DST in 2006 | |
| Guyana | All locations | Georgetown | No DST in 2006 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Port-au-Prince | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | All locations | Vatican City | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Honduras | All locations | Tegucigalpa | Sunday, May 7 | Monday, August 7 |
| Hong Kong | All locations | Hong Kong | No DST in 2006 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Budapest | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Iceland | All locations | Reykjavik | No DST in 2006 | |
| India | All locations | New Delhi | No DST in 2006 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | Jakarta | No DST in 2006 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tehran | No DST in 2006 | |
| Iraq | All locations | Baghdad | Saturday, April 1 | Sunday, October 1 |
| Ireland | All locations | Dublin | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Isle of Man | All locations | Douglas | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Israel | All locations | Jerusalem | Friday, March 31 | Sunday, October 1 |
| Italy | All locations | Rome | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Jamaica | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 2006 | |
| Japan | All locations | Tokyo | No DST in 2006 | |
| Jordan | All locations | Amman | Friday, March 31 | Friday, October 27 |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | Almaty | No DST in 2006 | |
| Kenya | All locations | Nairobi | No DST in 2006 | |
| Kerguelen Islands | All locations | Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 2006 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | Kiritimati | No DST in 2006 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Pristina | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Kuwait | All locations | Kuwait City | No DST in 2006 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Bishkek | No DST in 2006 | |
| Laos | All locations | Vientiane | No DST in 2006 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Riga | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Beirut | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Lesotho | All locations | Maseru | No DST in 2006 | |
| Liberia | All locations | Monrovia | No DST in 2006 | |
| Libya | All locations | Tripoli | No DST in 2006 | |
| Liechtenstein | All locations | Vaduz | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Lithuania | All locations | Vilnius | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Luxembourg | All locations | Luxembourg | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Macau | All locations | Macau | No DST in 2006 | |
| Macedonia, Republic of | All locations | Skopje | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Madagascar | All locations | Antananarivo | No DST in 2006 | |
| Malawi | All locations | Lilongwe | No DST in 2006 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | Kuala Lumpur | No DST in 2006 | |
| Maldives | All locations | Male | No DST in 2006 | |
| Mali | All locations | Bamako | No DST in 2006 | |
| Malta | All locations | Valletta | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | Majuro | No DST in 2006 | |
| Martinique | All locations | Fort-de-France | No DST in 2006 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | Nouakchott | No DST in 2006 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | Port Louis | No DST in 2006 | |
| Mayotte | All locations | Mamoutzou | No DST in 2006 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Mexico City | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Sonora | Hermosillo | No DST in 2006 | ||
| Micronesia | All locations | Palikir | No DST in 2006 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Chisinau | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Monaco | All locations | Monaco | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Mongolia | All locations | Ulaanbaatar | Saturday, March 25 | Saturday, September 30 |
| Montenegro | All locations | Podgorica | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Montserrat | All locations | Brades | No DST in 2006 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Casablanca | No DST in 2006 | |
| Mozambique | All locations | Maputo | No DST in 2006 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | Yangon | No DST in 2006 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Windhoek | Sunday, September 3 | Sunday, April 2 |
| Nauru | All locations | Yaren | No DST in 2006 | |
| Nepal | All locations | Kathmandu | No DST in 2006 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Amsterdam | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Other | Kralendijk (Bonaire) | No DST in 2006 | ||
| New Zealand | All locations | Auckland | Sunday, October 1 | Sunday, March 19 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | Managua | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 1 |
| Niger | All locations | Niamey | No DST in 2006 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | Lagos | No DST in 2006 | |
| Niue | All locations | Alofi | No DST in 2006 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 2006 | |
| North Korea | All locations | Pyongyang | No DST in 2006 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | Saipan | No DST in 2006 | |
| Norway | All locations | Oslo | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Oman | All locations | Muscat | No DST in 2006 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | Islamabad | No DST in 2006 | |
| Palau | All locations | Melekeok | No DST in 2006 | |
| Panama | All locations | Panama | No DST in 2006 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | Port Moresby | No DST in 2006 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Asuncion | Sunday, October 15 | Sunday, March 12 |
| Peru | All locations | Lima | No DST in 2006 | |
| Philippines | All locations | Manila | No DST in 2006 | |
| Pitcairn Islands | All locations | Adamstown | No DST in 2006 | |
| Poland | All locations | Warsaw | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Portugal | All locations | Lisbon | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Puerto Rico | All locations | San Juan | No DST in 2006 | |
| Qatar | All locations | Doha | No DST in 2006 | |
| Reunion | All locations | Saint-Denis | No DST in 2006 | |
| Romania | All locations | Bucharest | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Russia | All locations | Moscow | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Rwanda | All locations | Kigali | No DST in 2006 | |
| Saint Helena | All locations | Jamestown | No DST in 2006 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | Basseterre | No DST in 2006 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | Castries | No DST in 2006 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Saint-Pierre | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | Kingstown | No DST in 2006 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Apia | No DST in 2006 | |
| San Marino | All locations | San Marino | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | São Tomé | No DST in 2006 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | Riyadh | No DST in 2006 | |
| Senegal | All locations | Dakar | No DST in 2006 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Belgrade | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Seychelles | All locations | Victoria | No DST in 2006 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | Freetown | No DST in 2006 | |
| Singapore | All locations | Singapore | No DST in 2006 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | Philipsburg | No DST in 2006 | |
| Slovakia | All locations | Bratislava | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Slovenia | All locations | Ljubljana | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Solomon Islands | All locations | Honiara | No DST in 2006 | |
| Somalia | All locations | Mogadishu | No DST in 2006 | |
| South Africa | All locations | Johannesburg | No DST in 2006 | |
| South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | King Edward Point | No DST in 2006 | |
| South Korea | All locations | Seoul | No DST in 2006 | |
| South Sudan | All locations | Juba | No DST in 2006 | |
| Spain | All locations | Madrid | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | No DST in 2006 | |
| Sudan | All locations | Khartoum | No DST in 2006 | |
| Suriname | All locations | Paramaribo | No DST in 2006 | |
| Swaziland | All locations | Mbabane | No DST in 2006 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Stockholm | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Zürich | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Syria | All locations | Damascus | Saturday, April 1 | Thursday, September 21 |
| Taiwan | All locations | Taipei | No DST in 2006 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | Dushanbe | No DST in 2006 | |
| Tanzania | All locations | Dar es Salaam | No DST in 2006 | |
| Thailand | All locations | Bangkok | No DST in 2006 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Nassau | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 29 |
| The Gambia | All locations | Banjul | No DST in 2006 | |
| Togo | All locations | Lome | No DST in 2006 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | Fakaofo | No DST in 2006 | |
| Tonga | All locations | Nukualofa | No DST in 2006 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | Port of Spain | No DST in 2006 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | Tunis | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Turkey | All locations | Ankara | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | Ashgabat | No DST in 2006 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Cockburn Town | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | Funafuti | No DST in 2006 | |
| Uganda | All locations | Kampala | No DST in 2006 | |
| Ukraine | All locations | Kyiv | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | Dubai | No DST in 2006 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | London | Sunday, March 26 | Sunday, October 29 |
| United States | Most locations | Washington DC | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 29 |
| Hawaii, Arizona with exceptions, Midway Islands, Wake Island, small region of Alaska | Honolulu | No DST in 2006 | ||
| Uruguay | All locations | Montevideo | Sunday, October 1 | Sunday, March 12 |
| US Virgin Islands | All locations | Charlotte Amalie | No DST in 2006 | |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | Tashkent | No DST in 2006 | |
| Vanuatu | All locations | Port Vila | No DST in 2006 | |
| Venezuela | All locations | Caracas | No DST in 2006 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | Hanoi | No DST in 2006 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | All locations | Mata-Utu | No DST in 2006 | |
| West Bank | All locations | Bethlehem | Saturday, April 1 | Friday, September 22 |
| Western Sahara | All locations | El Aaiún | No DST in 2006 | |
| Yemen | All locations | Sana | No DST in 2006 | |
| Zambia | All locations | Lusaka | No DST in 2006 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | Harare | No DST in 2006 | |
Daylight Saving Time statistics for 2006
| Daylight Saving Time observance? | Count | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Countries and territories which do not observe DST at all | 156 | China |
| Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST | 83 | United States |
| –Countries and territories where all locations observe DST some part of the year | 74 | Russia |
| –Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST part of the year | 9 | United States |
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