Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1983

Who has DST in 1983?

Areas having DST in some period during 1983
No DST in 1983

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 1983. For more details, see information for the first half of 1983 and the second half of 1983.

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 1983
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
AlbaniaAll locationsMonday, April 18Saturday, October 1
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
AndorraAll locationsNo DST in 1983
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
AntarcticaMost locationsNo DST in 1983
Some locationsSunday, October 30Sunday, March 6
Palmer StationSunday, October 9Sunday, March 13
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ArgentinaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ArmeniaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 30Sunday, March 6
Queensland, Northern TerritoryNo DST in 1983
Western AustraliaSunday, October 30Does not end this year
TasmaniaSunday, October 30Sunday, March 27
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
AzerbaijanAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 1983
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 1983
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 1983
BelarusAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
BelizeAll locationsDoes not start this yearSaturday, February 12
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 1983
BermudaAll locationsSunday, April 24Sunday, October 30
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 1983
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
BrazilAll locationsNo DST in 1983
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 1983
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 1983
BulgariaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 1983
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 1983
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 1983
CanadaMost locationsSunday, April 24Sunday, October 30
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 1983
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ChileMost locationsSunday, October 9Sunday, March 13
Easter IslandSaturday, October 8Saturday, March 12
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 1983
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Cook IslandsAll locationsSunday, October 30Sunday, March 6
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 1983
CroatiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
CubaAll locationsSunday, May 8Sunday, October 9
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 1983
CyprusAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
CzechiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 1983
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 1983
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 1983
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 1983
EgyptAll locationsTuesday, July 12Saturday, October 1
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
EstoniaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 1983
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Falkland IslandsAll locationsSunday, September 25Does not end this year
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
FijiAll locationsNo DST in 1983
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
FranceMost locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
Port-aux-FrancaisNo DST in 1983
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 1983
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 1983
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
GeorgiaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
GibraltarAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 26Saturday, September 24
Thule Air BaseNo DST in 1983
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 1983
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 1983
GuatemalaAll locationsSaturday, May 21Thursday, September 22
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 23
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 1983
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
HaitiAll locationsSunday, May 8Sunday, October 30
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 1983
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 1983
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
IranAll locationsNo DST in 1983
IraqAll locationsThursday, March 31Saturday, October 1
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 23
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 23
IsraelAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
JamaicaAll locationsSunday, April 24Sunday, October 30
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 1983
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 23
JordanAll locationsNo DST in 1983
KazakhstanAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 1983
KosovoAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 1983
KyrgyzstanAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 1983
LatviaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
LebanonAll locationsNo DST in 1983
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 1983
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
LibyaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
LithuaniaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MauritiusAll locationsDoes not start this yearSunday, March 20
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MexicoMost locationsNo DST in 1983
Baja CaliforniaSunday, April 24Sunday, October 30
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MoldovaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
MongoliaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
MontenegroAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MoroccoAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 1983
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 1983
NamibiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 1983
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 1983
NetherlandsMost locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
Saba, Sint EustatiusNo DST in 1983
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, October 30Sunday, March 6
NicaraguaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 1983
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 1983
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
North MacedoniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 1983
PakistanAll locationsNo DST in 1983
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 1983
PalestineAll locationsNo DST in 1983
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ParaguayAll locationsSaturday, October 1Friday, April 1
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 1983
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 1983
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 1983
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
RussiaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 1983
SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 1983
SerbiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 1983
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 1983
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
SloveniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 1983
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
South SudanAll locationsSunday, April 24Saturday, October 15
SpainMost locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
Ceuta, MelillaNo DST in 1983
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
SudanAll locationsSunday, April 24Saturday, October 15
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 1983
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
SyriaAll locationsSaturday, April 9Saturday, October 1
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 1983
TajikistanAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 1983
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, April 24Sunday, October 30
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 1983
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 1983
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 1983
TunisiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
TurkeyAll locationsSunday, July 31Sunday, October 2
TurkmenistanAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsSunday, April 24Sunday, October 30
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 1983
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
UkraineAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 1983
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 23
United StatesMost locationsSunday, April 24Sunday, October 30
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of ArizonaNo DST in 1983
UruguayAll locationsNo DST in 1983
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 1983
UzbekistanAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
VanuatuAll locationsSunday, September 25Does not end this year
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, September 25
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
Western SaharaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 1983
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 1983