Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2009

Who has DST in 2009?

Areas having DST in some period during 2009
No DST in 2009

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is often referred to as “daylight savings” or “summer time.” When DST is not observed, it is called standard time or winter time.

The list below shows an overview of countries and territories with DST in 2009. For more details, see information for the first half of 2009 and the second half of 2009.

Note: This list may not be final. Sometimes countries, states, and territories make changes announced just days or weeks ahead of the time change.

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 Countries Observing DST Clock Change Events 2009
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
AlbaniaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
AndorraAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
AntarcticaMost locationsNo DST in 2009
Some locationsSunday, September 27Sunday, April 5
OrcadasDoes not start this yearSunday, March 15
Palmer StationSunday, October 11Sunday, March 15
Troll StationSunday, March 1*Sunday, October 25
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ArgentinaMost locationsDoes not start this yearSunday, March 15
Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza, Santa Cruz, Salta, Tierra del Fuego, La Pampa, La Rioja, Rio Negro, San Juan, NeuquénNo DST in 2009
San LuisDoes not start this yearSunday, March 8
ArmeniaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 4Sunday, April 5
Queensland, Northern TerritoryNo DST in 2009
Western AustraliaDoes not start this yearSunday, March 29
Lord Howe IslandSunday, October 4Sunday, April 5
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
AzerbaijanAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 2009
BangladeshAll locationsFriday, June 19Thursday, December 31
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 2009
BelarusAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
BelizeAll locationsNo DST in 2009
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 2009
BermudaAll locationsSunday, March 8Sunday, November 1
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
BrazilMost locationsSunday, October 18Sunday, February 15
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, TocantinsNo DST in 2009
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 2009
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 2009
BulgariaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 2009
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 2009
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 2009
CanadaMost locationsSunday, March 8Sunday, November 1
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 2009
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ChileMost locationsSunday, October 11Sunday, March 15
Easter IslandSaturday, October 10Saturday, March 14
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 2009
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Cook IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 2009
CroatiaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
CubaAll locationsSunday, March 8Sunday, October 25
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 2009
CyprusAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
CzechiaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 2009
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2009
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 2009
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 2009
EgyptAll locationsFriday, April 24Friday, August 21
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
EstoniaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 2009
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Falkland IslandsAll locationsSunday, September 6Sunday, April 19
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
FijiAll locationsSunday, November 29Does not end this year
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
FranceMost locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Port-aux-FrancaisNo DST in 2009
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 2009
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 2009
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
GeorgiaMost locationsNo DST in 2009
SukhumiSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
GibraltarAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 28Saturday, October 24
Some locationsNo DST in 2009
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Thule Air BaseSunday, March 8Sunday, November 1
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 2009
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 2009
GuatemalaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 2009
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
HaitiAll locationsNo DST in 2009
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 2009
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 2009
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
IranAll locationsSunday, March 22Tuesday, September 22
IraqAll locationsNo DST in 2009
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
IsraelAll locationsFriday, March 27Sunday, September 27
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
JamaicaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
JordanAll locationsFriday, March 27Friday, October 30
KazakhstanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 2009
KosovoAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 2009
KyrgyzstanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 2009
LatviaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
LebanonAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 2009
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
LibyaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
LithuaniaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MauritiusAll locationsDoes not start this yearSunday, March 29
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MexicoMost locationsSunday, April 5Sunday, October 25
SonoraNo DST in 2009
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MoldovaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
MongoliaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MontenegroAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MoroccoAll locationsMonday, June 1Friday, August 21
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 2009
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 2009
NamibiaAll locationsSunday, September 6Sunday, April 5
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 2009
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 2009
NetherlandsMost locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Saba, Sint EustatiusNo DST in 2009
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, September 27Sunday, April 5
NicaraguaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 2009
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2009
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
North MacedoniaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
PakistanAll locationsWednesday, April 15Sunday, November 1
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 2009
PalestineAll locationsFriday, March 27Friday, September 4
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ParaguayAll locationsSunday, October 18Sunday, March 8
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 2009
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 2009
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 2009
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
RussiaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsSunday, March 8Sunday, November 1
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SerbiaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
SloveniaAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 2009
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
South SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SpainAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 2009
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
SyriaAll locationsFriday, March 27Friday, October 30
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
TajikistanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 2009
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, March 8Sunday, November 1
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 2009
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 2009
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 2009
TunisiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
TurkeyAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
TurkmenistanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 8Sunday, November 1
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 2009
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
UkraineAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 2009
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
United StatesMost locationsSunday, March 8Sunday, November 1
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of AlaskaNo DST in 2009
UruguayAll locationsSunday, October 4Sunday, March 8
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2009
UzbekistanAll locationsNo DST in 2009
VanuatuAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, March 29Sunday, October 25
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
Western SaharaAll locationsMonday, June 1Friday, August 21
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2009
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 2009
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.