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Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2003

See The World Clock for list of current times around the world, and which places are observing DST at the moment (marked by * in The World Clock).

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 that observed DST during 2003.

Detailed information is available for the first half of 2003 and the second half of 2003.

CountryRegion/statesExample locationDST start dateDST end date
AfghanistanAll locationsKabulNo DST in 2003
AlbaniaAll locationsTiraneSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
AlgeriaAll locationsAlgiersNo DST in 2003
AndorraAll locationsAndorra La VellaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
AngolaAll locationsLuandaNo DST in 2003
AntarcticaMost locationsMawsonNo DST in 2003
Some locationsSouth PoleSunday, October 5Sunday, March 16
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsSaint John'sNo DST in 2003
ArgentinaAll locationsBuenos AiresNo DST in 2003
ArmeniaAll locationsYerevanSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
AustraliaMost locationsBrisbaneNo DST in 2003
South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South WalesMelbourneSunday, October 26Sunday, March 30
TasmaniaHobartSunday, October 5Sunday, March 30
Lord Howe IslandLord Howe IslandSunday, October 26Sunday, March 30
AustriaAll locationsViennaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
AzerbaijanAll locationsBakuSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
BahamasAll locationsNassauSunday, April 6Sunday, October 26
BahrainAll locationsManamaNo DST in 2003
BangladeshAll locationsDhakaNo DST in 2003
BarbadosAll locationsBridgetownNo DST in 2003
BelarusAll locationsMinskSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
BelgiumAll locationsBrusselsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
BelizeAll locationsBelmopanNo DST in 2003
BeninAll locationsPorto NovoNo DST in 2003
BhutanAll locationsThimphuNo DST in 2003
BoliviaAll locationsLa PazNo DST in 2003
Bosnia-HerzegovinaAll locationsSarajevoSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
BotswanaAll locationsGaboroneNo DST in 2003
BrazilMost locationsRio de JaneiroSunday, October 19Sunday, February 16
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Para, Paraiba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, RoraimaManausNo DST in 2003
Bahia, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Mato GrossoSalvadorDoes not start this yearSunday, February 16
Brunei DarussalamAll locationsBandar Seri BegawanNo DST in 2003
BulgariaAll locationsSofiaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Burkina FasoAll locationsOuagadougouNo DST in 2003
BurundiAll locationsBujumburaNo DST in 2003
CambodiaAll locationsPhnom PenhNo DST in 2003
CameroonAll locationsYaoundéNo DST in 2003
CanadaMost locationsMontrealSunday, April 6Sunday, October 26
Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nunavut TerritoryReginaNo DST in 2003
Cape VerdeAll locationsPraiaNo DST in 2003
Central African RepublicAll locationsBanguiNo DST in 2003
ChadAll locationsNdjamenaNo DST in 2003
ChileMost locationsSantiagoSunday, October 12Sunday, March 9
Easter IslandSaturday, October 11Saturday, March 8
ChinaAll locationsBeijingNo DST in 2003
ColombiaAll locationsBogotaNo DST in 2003
ComorosAll locationsMoroniNo DST in 2003
CongoAll locationsBrazzavilleNo DST in 2003
Cook IslandsAll locationsRarotongaNo DST in 2003
Costa RicaAll locationsSan JoseNo DST in 2003
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)All locationsYamoussoukroNo DST in 2003
CroatiaAll locationsZagrebSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
CubaAll locationsHavanaSunday, April 6Sunday, October 26
CyprusAll locationsNicosiaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Czech RepublicAll locationsPragueSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Democratic Republic of the CongoAll locationsKinshasaNo DST in 2003
DenmarkMost locationsCopenhagenSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
GreenlandNuukSaturday, March 29Saturday, October 25
GreenlandQaanaaqSunday, April 6Sunday, October 26
DjiboutiAll locationsDjiboutiNo DST in 2003
DominicaAll locationsRoseauNo DST in 2003
Dominican RepublicAll locationsSanto DomingoNo DST in 2003
EcuadorAll locationsQuitoNo DST in 2003
EgyptAll locationsCairoFriday, April 25Friday, September 26
El SalvadorAll locationsSan SalvadorNo DST in 2003
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsMalaboNo DST in 2003
EritreaAll locationsAsmaraNo DST in 2003
EstoniaAll locationsTallinnSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
EthiopiaAll locationsAddis AbabaNo DST in 2003
FijiAll locationsSuvaNo DST in 2003
FinlandAll locationsHelsinkiSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
FranceMost locationsParisSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
French Guiana, Tahiti, Kerguelen, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, Marquesas Islands, French PolynesiaPapeeteNo DST in 2003
Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint-PierreSunday, April 6Sunday, October 26
GabonAll locationsLibrevilleNo DST in 2003
GambiaAll locationsBanjulNo DST in 2003
Gaza StripAll locationsGazaFriday, April 18Friday, October 17
GeorgiaAll locationsTbilisiSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
GermanyAll locationsBerlinSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
GhanaAll locationsAccraNo DST in 2003
GreeceAll locationsAthensSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
GrenadaAll locationsSaint George'sNo DST in 2003
GuatemalaAll locationsGuatemalaNo DST in 2003
GuineaAll locationsConakryNo DST in 2003
Guinea BissauAll locationsBissauNo DST in 2003
GuyanaAll locationsGeorgetownNo DST in 2003
HaitiAll locationsPort-au-PrinceNo DST in 2003
HondurasAll locationsTegucigalpaNo DST in 2003
HungaryAll locationsBudapestSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
IcelandAll locationsReykjavikNo DST in 2003
IndiaAll locationsNew DelhiNo DST in 2003
IndonesiaAll locationsJakartaNo DST in 2003
IranAll locationsTehranSaturday, March 22Monday, September 22
IraqAll locationsBaghdadTuesday, April 1Wednesday, October 1
IrelandAll locationsDublinSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Isle of ManAll locationsDouglasSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
IsraelAll locationsJerusalemFriday, March 28Friday, October 3
ItalyAll locationsRomeSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
JamaicaAll locationsKingstonNo DST in 2003
JapanAll locationsTokyoNo DST in 2003
JordanAll locationsAmmanFriday, March 28Friday, October 24
KazakstanAll locationsAlmatySunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
KenyaAll locationsNairobiNo DST in 2003
KiribatiAll locationsKiritimatiNo DST in 2003
KosovoAll locationsPristinaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
KuwaitAll locationsKuwait CityNo DST in 2003
KyrgyzstanAll locationsBishkekSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
LaosAll locationsVientianeNo DST in 2003
LatviaAll locationsRigaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
LebanonAll locationsBeirutSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
LesothoAll locationsMaseruNo DST in 2003
LiberiaAll locationsMonroviaNo DST in 2003
LibyaAll locationsTripoliNo DST in 2003
LiechtensteinAll locationsVaduzSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
LithuaniaAll locationsVilniusSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
LuxembourgAll locationsLuxembourgSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
MacedoniaAll locationsSkopjeSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
MadagascarAll locationsAntananarivoNo DST in 2003
MalawiAll locationsLilongweNo DST in 2003
MalaysiaAll locationsKuala LumpurNo DST in 2003
MaldivesAll locationsMaleNo DST in 2003
MaliAll locationsBamakoNo DST in 2003
MaltaAll locationsVallettaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Marshall IslandsAll locationsMajuroNo DST in 2003
MauritaniaAll locationsNouakchottNo DST in 2003
MauritiusAll locationsPort LouisNo DST in 2003
MexicoMost locationsMexico CitySunday, April 6Sunday, October 26
SonoraHermosilloNo DST in 2003
MicronesiaAll locationsPalikirNo DST in 2003
MoldovaAll locationsChisinauSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
MonacoAll locationsMonacoSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
MongoliaAll locationsUlaanbaatarSaturday, March 29Saturday, September 27
MontenegroAll locationsPodgoricaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
MoroccoAll locationsCasablancaNo DST in 2003
MozambiqueAll locationsMaputoNo DST in 2003
MyanmarAll locationsYangonNo DST in 2003
NamibiaAll locationsWindhoekSunday, September 7Sunday, April 6
NauruAll locationsYarenNo DST in 2003
NepalAll locationsKathmanduNo DST in 2003
NetherlandsMost locationsAmsterdamSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Saint MartinOranjestadNo DST in 2003
New ZealandMost locationsAucklandSunday, October 5Sunday, March 16
TokelauFakaofoNo DST in 2003
NicaraguaAll locationsManaguaNo DST in 2003
NigerAll locationsNiameyNo DST in 2003
NigeriaAll locationsLagosNo DST in 2003
NiueAll locationsAlofiNo DST in 2003
North KoreaAll locationsPyongyangNo DST in 2003
NorwayAll locationsOsloSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
OmanAll locationsMuscatNo DST in 2003
PakistanAll locationsIslamabadNo DST in 2003
PalauAll locationsKororNo DST in 2003
PanamaAll locationsPanamaNo DST in 2003
Papua New GuineaAll locationsPort MoresbyNo DST in 2003
ParaguayAll locationsAsuncionSunday, September 7Sunday, April 6
PeruAll locationsLimaNo DST in 2003
PhilippinesAll locationsManilaNo DST in 2003
PolandAll locationsWarsawSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
PortugalAll locationsLisbonSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Puerto RicoAll locationsSan JuanNo DST in 2003
QatarAll locationsDohaNo DST in 2003
Reunion (French)All locationsSaint-DenisNo DST in 2003
RomaniaAll locationsBucharestSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Russian FederationAll locationsMoscowSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
RwandaAll locationsKigaliNo DST in 2003
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsBasseterreNo DST in 2003
Saint LuciaAll locationsCastriesNo DST in 2003
Saint Vincent and GrenadinesAll locationsKingstownNo DST in 2003
SamoaAll locationsApiaNo DST in 2003
San MarinoAll locationsSan MarinoSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsSão ToméNo DST in 2003
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsRiyadhNo DST in 2003
SenegalAll locationsDakarNo DST in 2003
SerbiaAll locationsBelgradeSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
SeychellesAll locationsVictoriaNo DST in 2003
Sierra LeoneAll locationsFreetownNo DST in 2003
SingaporeAll locationsSingaporeNo DST in 2003
Slovak RepublicAll locationsBratislavaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
SloveniaAll locationsLjubljanaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Solomon IslandsAll locationsHoniaraNo DST in 2003
SomaliaAll locationsMogadishuNo DST in 2003
South AfricaAll locationsJohannesburgNo DST in 2003
South KoreaAll locationsSeoulNo DST in 2003
SpainAll locationsMadridSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Sri LankaAll locationsColomboNo DST in 2003
SudanAll locationsKhartoumNo DST in 2003
SurinameAll locationsParamariboNo DST in 2003
SwazilandAll locationsMbabaneNo DST in 2003
SwedenAll locationsStockholmSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
SwitzerlandAll locationsGenevaSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
SyriaAll locationsDamascusTuesday, April 1Wednesday, October 1
TaiwanAll locationsTaipeiNo DST in 2003
TajikistanAll locationsDushanbeNo DST in 2003
TanzaniaAll locationsDar es SalaamNo DST in 2003
ThailandAll locationsBangkokNo DST in 2003
Timor-LesteAll locationsDiliNo DST in 2003
TogoAll locationsLomeNo DST in 2003
TongaAll locationsNukualofaNo DST in 2003
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsPort of SpainNo DST in 2003
TunisiaAll locationsTunisNo DST in 2003
TurkeyAll locationsAnkaraSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
TurkmenistanAll locationsAshgabatNo DST in 2003
TuvaluAll locationsFunafutiNo DST in 2003
UgandaAll locationsKampalaNo DST in 2003
UkraineAll locationsKyivSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsDubaiNo DST in 2003
United KingdomMost locationsLondonSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Grand Cayman, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Helena, Pitcairn IslandsGeorgetownNo DST in 2003
Bermuda, Turks and Caicos IslandsHamiltonSunday, April 6Sunday, October 26
Falkland IslandsStanleySunday, September 7Sunday, April 20
United StatesMost locationsWashington DCSunday, April 6Sunday, October 26
Mariana Islands, Hawaii, Indiana, Arizona, British Indian Ocean Territory, Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, American SamoaHonoluluNo DST in 2003
UruguayAll locationsMontevideoNo DST in 2003
UzbekistanAll locationsTashkentNo DST in 2003
VanuatuAll locationsPort VilaNo DST in 2003
Vatican City StateAll locationsVatican CitySunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
VenezuelaAll locationsCaracasNo DST in 2003
VietnamAll locationsHanoiNo DST in 2003
West BankAll locationsBethlehemFriday, April 18Friday, October 17
Western SaharaAll locationsEl AaiúnNo DST in 2003
YemenAll locationsAdenNo DST in 2003
ZambiaAll locationsLusakaNo DST in 2003
ZimbabweAll locationsHarareNo DST in 2003

Daylight Saving Time statistics for 2003

Daylight Saving Time observance?Count
Countries which do not observe DST at all130
Countries where at least one location observe DST74
–Countries where all locations observe DST some part of the year64
–Countries where many, but not all locations observe DST10

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2001first half of 2001second half of 2001
2002first half of 2002second half of 2002
2003first half of 2003second half of 2003
2004first half of 2004second half of 2004
2005first half of 2005second half of 2005

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