Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2008
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 2008.
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 2008 and the second half of 2008.
| Country | Region/states | Example location | DST start date | DST end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | All locations | Kabul | No DST in 2008 | |
| Albania | All locations | Tirana | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Algeria | All locations | Algiers | No DST in 2008 | |
| American Samoa | All locations | Pago Pago | No DST in 2008 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Andorra La Vella | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Angola | All locations | Luanda | No DST in 2008 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | The Valley | No DST in 2008 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | Mawson | No DST in 2008 | |
| Some locations | South Pole | Sunday, September 28 | Sunday, April 6 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | Saint John's | No DST in 2008 | |
| Argentina | Most locations | Buenos Aires | Sunday, October 19 | Sunday, March 16 |
| Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza, Santa Cruz, Salta, Tierra del Fuego, La Pampa, La Rioja, Rio Negro, San Juan, Neuquén | Mendoza | Does not start this year | Sunday, March 16 | |
| San Luis | San Luis | Sunday, October 12 | Sunday, March 9 | |
| Armenia | All locations | Yerevan | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Aruba | All locations | Oranjestad | No DST in 2008 | |
| Australia | Most locations | Melbourne | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, April 6 |
| Queensland, Northern Territory, Christmas Island | Brisbane | No DST in 2008 | ||
| Western Australia | Perth | Sunday, October 26 | Sunday, March 30 | |
| Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, April 6 | |
| 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 2008 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | Dhaka | No DST in 2008 | |
| Barbados | All locations | Bridgetown | No DST in 2008 | |
| 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 2008 | |
| Benin | All locations | Porto Novo | No DST in 2008 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Hamilton | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| Bhutan | All locations | Thimphu | No DST in 2008 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | La Paz | No DST in 2008 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sarajevo | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Botswana | All locations | Gaborone | No DST in 2008 | |
| Brazil | Most locations | Rio de Janeiro | Sunday, October 19 | Sunday, February 17 |
| Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Para, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins | Manaus | No DST in 2008 | ||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | Diego Garcia | No DST in 2008 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | Road Town | No DST in 2008 | |
| Brunei | All locations | Bandar Seri Begawan | No DST in 2008 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sofia | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | Ouagadougou | No DST in 2008 | |
| Burundi | All locations | Bujumbura | No DST in 2008 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | Phnom Penh | No DST in 2008 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | Yaoundé | No DST in 2008 | |
| Canada | Most locations | Montreal | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| 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 2008 | ||
| Cape Verde | All locations | Praia | No DST in 2008 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | George Town | No DST in 2008 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | Bangui | No DST in 2008 | |
| Chad | All locations | Ndjamena | No DST in 2008 | |
| 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 2008 | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | Bantam | No DST in 2008 | |
| Colombia | All locations | Bogota | No DST in 2008 | |
| Comoros | All locations | Moroni | No DST in 2008 | |
| Congo | All locations | Brazzaville | No DST in 2008 | |
| Congo Dem.Rep. | All locations | Kinshasa | No DST in 2008 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | Rarotonga | No DST in 2008 | |
| Costa Rica | All locations | San Jose | No DST in 2008 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | Yamoussoukro | No DST in 2008 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Zagreb | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Cuba | All locations | Havana | Sunday, March 16 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Curaçao | All locations | Willemstad | No DST in 2008 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Nicosia | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Czech Republic | All locations | Prague | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Denmark | All locations | Copenhagen | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Djibouti | All locations | Djibouti | No DST in 2008 | |
| Dominica | All locations | Roseau | No DST in 2008 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | Santo Domingo | No DST in 2008 | |
| East Timor | All locations | Dili | No DST in 2008 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | Quito | No DST in 2008 | |
| Egypt | All locations | Cairo | Friday, April 25 | Friday, August 29 |
| El Salvador | All locations | San Salvador | No DST in 2008 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | Malabo | No DST in 2008 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | Asmara | No DST in 2008 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Tallinn | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Ethiopia | All locations | Addis Ababa | No DST in 2008 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | Stanley | Sunday, September 7 | Sunday, April 20 |
| Faroe Islands | All locations | Tórshavn | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Fiji | All locations | Suva | No DST in 2008 | |
| Finland | All locations | Helsinki | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| France | Most locations | Paris | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Tahiti, New Caledonia, Marquesas Islands, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin | Papeete | No DST in 2008 | ||
| French Guiana | All locations | Cayenne | No DST in 2008 | |
| French Polynesia | All locations | Gambier Islands | No DST in 2008 | |
| Gabon | All locations | Libreville | No DST in 2008 | |
| Gaza Strip | All locations | Gaza | Friday, March 28 | Friday, August 29 |
| Georgia | All locations | Tbilisi | No DST in 2008 | |
| Germany | All locations | Berlin | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Ghana | All locations | Accra | No DST in 2008 | |
| 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 2008 | |||
| Qaanaaq | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 | ||
| Grenada | All locations | Saint George's | No DST in 2008 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | Basse-Terre | No DST in 2008 | |
| Guam | All locations | Guam (Hagåtña) | No DST in 2008 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | Guatemala | No DST in 2008 | |
| Guinea | All locations | Conakry | No DST in 2008 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | Bissau | No DST in 2008 | |
| Guyana | All locations | Georgetown | No DST in 2008 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Port-au-Prince | No DST in 2008 | |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | All locations | Vatican City | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Honduras | All locations | Tegucigalpa | No DST in 2008 | |
| Hong Kong | All locations | Hong Kong | No DST in 2008 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Budapest | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Iceland | All locations | Reykjavik | No DST in 2008 | |
| India | All locations | New Delhi | No DST in 2008 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | Jakarta | No DST in 2008 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tehran | Friday, March 21 | Sunday, September 21 |
| Iraq | All locations | Baghdad | No DST in 2008 | |
| 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 28 | Sunday, October 5 |
| Italy | All locations | Rome | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Jamaica | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 2008 | |
| Japan | All locations | Tokyo | No DST in 2008 | |
| Jordan | All locations | Amman | Friday, March 28 | Friday, October 31 |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | Almaty | No DST in 2008 | |
| Kenya | All locations | Nairobi | No DST in 2008 | |
| Kerguelen Islands | All locations | Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 2008 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | Kiritimati | No DST in 2008 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Pristina | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Kuwait | All locations | Kuwait City | No DST in 2008 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Bishkek | No DST in 2008 | |
| Laos | All locations | Vientiane | No DST in 2008 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Riga | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Beirut | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Lesotho | All locations | Maseru | No DST in 2008 | |
| Liberia | All locations | Monrovia | No DST in 2008 | |
| Libya | All locations | Tripoli | No DST in 2008 | |
| 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 | All locations | Macau | No DST in 2008 | |
| Macedonia, Republic of | All locations | Skopje | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Madagascar | All locations | Antananarivo | No DST in 2008 | |
| Malawi | All locations | Lilongwe | No DST in 2008 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | Kuala Lumpur | No DST in 2008 | |
| Maldives | All locations | Male | No DST in 2008 | |
| Mali | All locations | Bamako | No DST in 2008 | |
| Malta | All locations | Valletta | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | Majuro | No DST in 2008 | |
| Martinique | All locations | Fort-de-France | No DST in 2008 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | Nouakchott | No DST in 2008 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | Port Louis | Sunday, October 26 | Does not end this year |
| Mayotte | All locations | Mamoutzou | No DST in 2008 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Mexico City | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Sonora | Hermosillo | No DST in 2008 | ||
| Micronesia | All locations | Palikir | No DST in 2008 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Chisinau | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Monaco | All locations | Monaco | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Mongolia | All locations | Ulaanbaatar | No DST in 2008 | |
| Montenegro | All locations | Podgorica | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Montserrat | All locations | Brades | No DST in 2008 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Casablanca | Sunday, June 1 | Monday, September 1 |
| Mozambique | All locations | Maputo | No DST in 2008 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | Yangon | No DST in 2008 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Windhoek | Sunday, September 7 | Sunday, April 6 |
| Nauru | All locations | Yaren | No DST in 2008 | |
| Nepal | All locations | Kathmandu | No DST in 2008 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Amsterdam | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Other | Kralendijk (Bonaire) | No DST in 2008 | ||
| New Zealand | All locations | Auckland | Sunday, September 28 | Sunday, April 6 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | Managua | No DST in 2008 | |
| Niger | All locations | Niamey | No DST in 2008 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | Lagos | No DST in 2008 | |
| Niue | All locations | Alofi | No DST in 2008 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 2008 | |
| North Korea | All locations | Pyongyang | No DST in 2008 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | Saipan | No DST in 2008 | |
| Norway | All locations | Oslo | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Oman | All locations | Muscat | No DST in 2008 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | Islamabad | Sunday, June 1 | Saturday, November 1 |
| Palau | All locations | Melekeok | No DST in 2008 | |
| Panama | All locations | Panama | No DST in 2008 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | Port Moresby | No DST in 2008 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Asuncion | Sunday, October 19 | Sunday, March 9 |
| Peru | All locations | Lima | No DST in 2008 | |
| Philippines | All locations | Manila | No DST in 2008 | |
| Pitcairn Islands | All locations | Adamstown | No DST in 2008 | |
| 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 2008 | |
| Qatar | All locations | Doha | No DST in 2008 | |
| Reunion | All locations | Saint-Denis | No DST in 2008 | |
| 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 2008 | |
| Saint Helena | All locations | Jamestown | No DST in 2008 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | Basseterre | No DST in 2008 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | Castries | No DST in 2008 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Saint-Pierre | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | Kingstown | No DST in 2008 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Apia | No DST in 2008 | |
| San Marino | All locations | San Marino | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | São Tomé | No DST in 2008 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | Riyadh | No DST in 2008 | |
| Senegal | All locations | Dakar | No DST in 2008 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Belgrade | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Seychelles | All locations | Victoria | No DST in 2008 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | Freetown | No DST in 2008 | |
| Singapore | All locations | Singapore | No DST in 2008 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | Philipsburg | No DST in 2008 | |
| 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 2008 | |
| Somalia | All locations | Mogadishu | No DST in 2008 | |
| South Africa | All locations | Johannesburg | No DST in 2008 | |
| South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | King Edward Point | No DST in 2008 | |
| South Korea | All locations | Seoul | No DST in 2008 | |
| South Sudan | All locations | Juba | No DST in 2008 | |
| Spain | All locations | Madrid | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | No DST in 2008 | |
| Sudan | All locations | Khartoum | No DST in 2008 | |
| Suriname | All locations | Paramaribo | No DST in 2008 | |
| Swaziland | All locations | Mbabane | No DST in 2008 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Stockholm | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Zürich | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Syria | All locations | Damascus | Friday, April 4 | Saturday, November 1 |
| Taiwan | All locations | Taipei | No DST in 2008 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | Dushanbe | No DST in 2008 | |
| Tanzania | All locations | Dar es Salaam | No DST in 2008 | |
| Thailand | All locations | Bangkok | No DST in 2008 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Nassau | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| The Gambia | All locations | Banjul | No DST in 2008 | |
| Togo | All locations | Lome | No DST in 2008 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | Fakaofo | No DST in 2008 | |
| Tonga | All locations | Nukualofa | No DST in 2008 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | Port of Spain | No DST in 2008 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | Tunis | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Turkey | All locations | Ankara | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | Ashgabat | No DST in 2008 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Cockburn Town | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | Funafuti | No DST in 2008 | |
| Uganda | All locations | Kampala | No DST in 2008 | |
| Ukraine | All locations | Kyiv | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | Dubai | No DST in 2008 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | London | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| United States | Most locations | Washington DC | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| Hawaii, Arizona with exceptions, Midway Islands, Wake Island, small region of Alaska | Honolulu | No DST in 2008 | ||
| Uruguay | All locations | Montevideo | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, March 9 |
| US Virgin Islands | All locations | Charlotte Amalie | No DST in 2008 | |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | Tashkent | No DST in 2008 | |
| Vanuatu | All locations | Port Vila | No DST in 2008 | |
| Venezuela | All locations | Caracas | No DST in 2008 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | Hanoi | No DST in 2008 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | All locations | Mata-Utu | No DST in 2008 | |
| West Bank | All locations | Bethlehem | Friday, March 28 | Monday, September 1 |
| Western Sahara | All locations | El Aaiún | Sunday, June 1 | Monday, September 1 |
| Yemen | All locations | Sana | No DST in 2008 | |
| Zambia | All locations | Lusaka | No DST in 2008 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | Harare | No DST in 2008 | |
Daylight Saving Time statistics for 2008
| 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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