Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2014
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 plan to observe DST during . Note that the list might not be final - countries, territories and states sometimes make adjustments that are announced just days or weeks ahead of the change.
Detailed information is available for the first half of 2014 and the second half of 2014.
| Country | Region/states | Example location | DST start date | DST end date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | All locations | Kabul | No DST in 2014 | |
| Albania | All locations | Tirana | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Algeria | All locations | Algiers | No DST in 2014 | |
| American Samoa | All locations | Pago Pago | No DST in 2014 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Andorra La Vella | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Angola | All locations | Luanda | No DST in 2014 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | The Valley | No DST in 2014 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | Mawson | No DST in 2014 | |
| Some locations | South Pole | Sunday, September 28 | Sunday, April 6 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | Saint John's | No DST in 2014 | |
| Argentina | Most locations | Buenos Aires | No DST in 2014 | |
| San Luis | San Luis | DST all year in 2014 | ||
| Armenia | All locations | Yerevan | No DST in 2014 | |
| Aruba | All locations | Oranjestad | No DST in 2014 | |
| Australia | Most locations | Melbourne | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, April 6 |
| Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island | Brisbane | No DST in 2014 | ||
| Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, April 6 | |
| Other | Macquarie Island | DST all year in 2014 | ||
| Austria | All locations | Vienna | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Azerbaijan | Most locations | Baku | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | Xankendi | No DST in 2014 | ||
| Bahrain | All locations | Manama | No DST in 2014 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | Dhaka | No DST in 2014 | |
| Barbados | All locations | Bridgetown | No DST in 2014 | |
| Belarus | All locations | Minsk | No DST in 2014 | |
| Belgium | All locations | Brussels | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Belize | All locations | Belmopan | No DST in 2014 | |
| Benin | All locations | Porto Novo | No DST in 2014 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Hamilton | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| Bhutan | All locations | Thimphu | No DST in 2014 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | La Paz | No DST in 2014 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sarajevo | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Botswana | All locations | Gaborone | No DST in 2014 | |
| Brazil | Most locations | Rio de Janeiro | Sunday, October 19 | Sunday, February 16 |
| Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Para, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, much of Mato Grosso | Manaus | No DST in 2014 | ||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | Diego Garcia | No DST in 2014 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | Road Town | No DST in 2014 | |
| Brunei | All locations | Bandar Seri Begawan | No DST in 2014 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sofia | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | Ouagadougou | No DST in 2014 | |
| Burundi | All locations | Bujumbura | No DST in 2014 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | Phnom Penh | No DST in 2014 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | Yaoundé | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 2014 | ||
| Cape Verde | All locations | Praia | No DST in 2014 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | George Town | No DST in 2014 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | Bangui | No DST in 2014 | |
| Chad | All locations | Ndjamena | No DST in 2014 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Santiago | Sunday, October 12 | Sunday, March 9 |
| Other | Easter Island | Saturday, October 11 | Saturday, March 8 | |
| China | All locations | Beijing | No DST in 2014 | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | Bantam | No DST in 2014 | |
| Colombia | All locations | Bogota | No DST in 2014 | |
| Comoros | All locations | Moroni | No DST in 2014 | |
| Congo | All locations | Brazzaville | No DST in 2014 | |
| Congo Dem.Rep. | All locations | Kinshasa | No DST in 2014 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | Rarotonga | No DST in 2014 | |
| Costa Rica | All locations | San Jose | No DST in 2014 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | Yamoussoukro | No DST in 2014 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Zagreb | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Cuba | All locations | Havana | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| Curaçao | All locations | Willemstad | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 2014 | |
| Dominica | All locations | Roseau | No DST in 2014 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | Santo Domingo | No DST in 2014 | |
| East Timor | All locations | Dili | No DST in 2014 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | Quito | No DST in 2014 | |
| Egypt | All locations | Cairo | No DST in 2014 | |
| El Salvador | All locations | San Salvador | No DST in 2014 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | Malabo | No DST in 2014 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | Asmara | No DST in 2014 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Tallinn | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Ethiopia | All locations | Addis Ababa | No DST in 2014 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | Stanley | DST all year in 2014 | |
| Faroe Islands | All locations | Tórshavn | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Fiji | All locations | Suva | Sunday, October 26 | Sunday, January 26 |
| 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, French Southern Territories | Papeete | No DST in 2014 | ||
| French Guiana | All locations | Cayenne | No DST in 2014 | |
| French Polynesia | All locations | Gambier Islands | No DST in 2014 | |
| Gabon | All locations | Libreville | No DST in 2014 | |
| Gaza Strip | All locations | Gaza | Friday, March 28 | Friday, September 26 |
| Georgia | All locations | Tbilisi | No DST in 2014 | |
| Germany | All locations | Berlin | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Ghana | All locations | Accra | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 2014 | |||
| Qaanaaq | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 | ||
| Grenada | All locations | Saint George's | No DST in 2014 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | Basse-Terre | No DST in 2014 | |
| Guam | All locations | Guam (Hagåtña) | No DST in 2014 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | Guatemala | No DST in 2014 | |
| Guinea | All locations | Conakry | No DST in 2014 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | Bissau | No DST in 2014 | |
| Guyana | All locations | Georgetown | No DST in 2014 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Port-au-Prince | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | All locations | Vatican City | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Honduras | All locations | Tegucigalpa | No DST in 2014 | |
| Hong Kong | All locations | Hong Kong | No DST in 2014 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Budapest | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Iceland | All locations | Reykjavik | No DST in 2014 | |
| India | All locations | New Delhi | No DST in 2014 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | Jakarta | No DST in 2014 | |
| Iran | All locations | Tehran | Saturday, March 22 | Monday, September 22 |
| Iraq | All locations | Baghdad | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 26 |
| Italy | All locations | Rome | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Jamaica | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 2014 | |
| Japan | All locations | Tokyo | No DST in 2014 | |
| Jordan | All locations | Amman | Friday, March 28 | Friday, October 31 |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | Almaty | No DST in 2014 | |
| Kenya | All locations | Nairobi | No DST in 2014 | |
| Kerguelen Islands | All locations | Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 2014 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | Kiritimati | No DST in 2014 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Pristina | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Kuwait | All locations | Kuwait City | No DST in 2014 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Bishkek | No DST in 2014 | |
| Laos | All locations | Vientiane | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 2014 | |
| Liberia | All locations | Monrovia | No DST in 2014 | |
| Libya | All locations | Tripoli | Friday, March 28 | Friday, October 31 |
| 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 2014 | |
| Macedonia, Republic of | All locations | Skopje | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Madagascar | All locations | Antananarivo | No DST in 2014 | |
| Malawi | All locations | Lilongwe | No DST in 2014 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | Kuala Lumpur | No DST in 2014 | |
| Maldives | All locations | Male | No DST in 2014 | |
| Mali | All locations | Bamako | No DST in 2014 | |
| Malta | All locations | Valletta | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | Majuro | No DST in 2014 | |
| Martinique | All locations | Fort-de-France | No DST in 2014 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | Nouakchott | No DST in 2014 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | Port Louis | No DST in 2014 | |
| Mayotte | All locations | Mamoutzou | No DST in 2014 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Mexico City | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Baja California, much of Chihuahua, Tamaulipas | Mexicali | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 | |
| Sonora | Hermosillo | No DST in 2014 | ||
| Micronesia | All locations | Palikir | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 2014 | |
| Montenegro | All locations | Podgorica | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Montserrat | All locations | Brades | No DST in 2014 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Casablanca | Sunday, April 27* | Sunday, September 28* |
| Mozambique | All locations | Maputo | No DST in 2014 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | Yangon | No DST in 2014 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Windhoek | Sunday, September 7 | Sunday, April 6 |
| Nauru | All locations | Yaren | No DST in 2014 | |
| Nepal | All locations | Kathmandu | No DST in 2014 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Amsterdam | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Other | Kralendijk (Bonaire) | No DST in 2014 | ||
| New Zealand | All locations | Auckland | Sunday, September 28 | Sunday, April 6 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | Managua | No DST in 2014 | |
| Niger | All locations | Niamey | No DST in 2014 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | Lagos | No DST in 2014 | |
| Niue | All locations | Alofi | No DST in 2014 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | Kingston | No DST in 2014 | |
| North Korea | All locations | Pyongyang | No DST in 2014 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | Saipan | No DST in 2014 | |
| Norway | All locations | Oslo | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Oman | All locations | Muscat | No DST in 2014 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | Islamabad | No DST in 2014 | |
| Palau | All locations | Melekeok | No DST in 2014 | |
| Panama | All locations | Panama | No DST in 2014 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | Port Moresby | No DST in 2014 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Asuncion | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, April 13 |
| Peru | All locations | Lima | No DST in 2014 | |
| Philippines | All locations | Manila | No DST in 2014 | |
| Pitcairn Islands | All locations | Adamstown | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 2014 | |
| Qatar | All locations | Doha | No DST in 2014 | |
| Reunion | All locations | Saint-Denis | No DST in 2014 | |
| Romania | All locations | Bucharest | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Russia | All locations | Moscow | No DST in 2014 | |
| Rwanda | All locations | Kigali | No DST in 2014 | |
| Saint Helena | All locations | Jamestown | No DST in 2014 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | Basseterre | No DST in 2014 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | Castries | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 2014 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Apia | Sunday, September 28 | Sunday, April 6 |
| San Marino | All locations | San Marino | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | São Tomé | No DST in 2014 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | Riyadh | No DST in 2014 | |
| Senegal | All locations | Dakar | No DST in 2014 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Belgrade | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Seychelles | All locations | Victoria | No DST in 2014 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | Freetown | No DST in 2014 | |
| Singapore | All locations | Singapore | No DST in 2014 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | Philipsburg | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 2014 | |
| Somalia | All locations | Mogadishu | No DST in 2014 | |
| South Africa | All locations | Johannesburg | No DST in 2014 | |
| South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | King Edward Point | No DST in 2014 | |
| South Korea | All locations | Seoul | No DST in 2014 | |
| South Sudan | All locations | Juba | No DST in 2014 | |
| Spain | All locations | Madrid | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | No DST in 2014 | |
| Sudan | All locations | Khartoum | No DST in 2014 | |
| Suriname | All locations | Paramaribo | No DST in 2014 | |
| Swaziland | All locations | Mbabane | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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, March 28 | Friday, October 31 |
| Taiwan | All locations | Taipei | No DST in 2014 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | Dushanbe | No DST in 2014 | |
| Tanzania | All locations | Dar es Salaam | No DST in 2014 | |
| Thailand | All locations | Bangkok | No DST in 2014 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Nassau | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| The Gambia | All locations | Banjul | No DST in 2014 | |
| Togo | All locations | Lome | No DST in 2014 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | Fakaofo | No DST in 2014 | |
| Tonga | All locations | Nukualofa | No DST in 2014 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | Port of Spain | No DST in 2014 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | Tunis | No DST in 2014 | |
| Turkey | All locations | Ankara | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | Ashgabat | No DST in 2014 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Cockburn Town | Sunday, March 9 | Sunday, November 2 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | Funafuti | No DST in 2014 | |
| Uganda | All locations | Kampala | No DST in 2014 | |
| Ukraine | All locations | Kyiv | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | Dubai | No DST in 2014 | |
| 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 2014 | ||
| Uruguay | All locations | Montevideo | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, March 9 |
| US Virgin Islands | All locations | Charlotte Amalie | No DST in 2014 | |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | Tashkent | No DST in 2014 | |
| Vanuatu | All locations | Port Vila | No DST in 2014 | |
| Venezuela | All locations | Caracas | No DST in 2014 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | Hanoi | No DST in 2014 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | All locations | Mata-Utu | No DST in 2014 | |
| West Bank | All locations | Bethlehem | Friday, March 28 | Friday, September 26 |
| Western Sahara | All locations | El Aaiún | Sunday, April 27* | Sunday, September 28* |
| Yemen | All locations | Sana | No DST in 2014 | |
| Zambia | All locations | Lusaka | No DST in 2014 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | Harare | No DST in 2014 | |
Daylight Saving Time statistics for 2014
| Daylight Saving Time observance? | Count | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Countries and territories which do not observe DST at all | 159 | China |
| Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST | 79 | United States |
| –Countries and territories where all locations observe DST some part of the year | 68 | Germany |
| –Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST part of the year | 10 | United States |
| –Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST all year | 2 | Macquarie Island |
| –Countries and territories where all locations observe DST all year | 1 | Falkland Islands |
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