Daylight Saving Time–First Half of 1974

Daylight Saving Time (DST) 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 showing the countries and territories which observed DST during the first half of 1974.

Current country/territory names, rather than historic country names are displayed, so the list could contain countries that did not exist at the time.

Also, please see the page for the second half of 1974 or the overview over start and end times for 1974 sorted by country.

Date	Country	Local Time Change
Jan 6 Sun	United States (Some locations observing DST)	2:00 am → 2:00 am (No Change)
Jan 6 Sun	Jamaica (All locations) United States (Some locations observing DST)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Jan 13 Sun	Uruguay (Some locations)	12:00 am → 1:30 am (Forward)
Jan 21 Mon	Dominican Republic (All locations)	12:00 am → 11:30 pm (Back)
Jan 23 Wed	Antarctica (Some locations observing DST) Argentina (Some locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)
Feb 3 Sun	United States (Some locations observing DST)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Feb 9 Sat	Belize (All locations)	12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back)
Feb 24 Sun	Guatemala (All locations)	12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back)
Feb 24 Sun	Guam (All locations)	2:00 am → 1:00 am (Back)
Mar 3 Sun	Australia (All locations which are observing DST)	3:00 am → 2:00 am (Back)
Mar 9 Sat	Chile (Some locations)	9:00 pm → 8:00 pm (Back)
Mar 10 Sun	Chile (Most locations) Uruguay (Some locations)	12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back)
Mar 17 Sun	Guernsey (All locations) Ireland (All locations) Isle of Man (All locations) Jersey (All locations) United Kingdom (All locations)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Mar 31 Sun	Turkey (All locations)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
Apr 1 Mon	Taiwan (All locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)
Apr 13 Sat	Spain (Most locations observing DST)	11:00 pm → 12:00 am (Forward)
Apr 21 Sun	Malta (All locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)
Apr 28 Sun	Cuba (All locations) South Sudan (All locations) Sudan (All locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)
Apr 28 Sun	The Bahamas (All locations) Bermuda (All locations) Canada (Some locations observing DST)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
May 1 Wed	Antarctica (Some locations observing DST) Argentina (Some locations)	12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back)
May 1 Wed	Jordan (All locations) Lebanon (All locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)
May 1 Wed	Egypt (All locations)	1:00 am → 2:00 am (Forward)
May 1 Wed	Syria (All locations)	2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward)
May 4 Sat	Albania (All locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)
May 26 Sun	Italy (All locations) San Marino (All locations) Vatican City (Holy See) (All locations)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)
Jun 24 Mon	Morocco (All locations) Spain (Some locations observing DST)	12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward)

Daylight Saving Time for other years
Yearly Overview	January–June	July–December
1972	first half of 1972	second half of 1972
1973	first half of 1973	second half of 1973
1974	first half of 1974	second half of 1974
1975	first half of 1975	second half of 1975
1976	first half of 1976	second half of 1976

Daylight Saving Time–First Half of 1974

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