Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2015
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 2015. For more details, see information for the first half of 2015 and the second half of 2015.
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 2015 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Some locations | Sunday, September 27 | Sunday, April 5 | |
Palmer Station | DST all year in 2015 | ||
Troll Station | Sunday, March 1* | Sunday, October 25 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Armenia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 4 | Sunday, April 5 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 2015 | ||
Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 4 | Sunday, April 5 | |
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Azerbaijan | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Xankendi | No DST in 2015 | ||
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Belarus | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Brazil | Most locations | Sunday, October 18 | Sunday, February 22 |
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins, regions of Mato Grosso | No DST in 2015 | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 2015 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Chile | All locations | DST all year in 2015 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Egypt | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Fiji | All locations | Sunday, November 1 | Sunday, January 18 |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 2015 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Georgia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 28 | Saturday, October 24 |
Some locations | No DST in 2015 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 | |
Thule Air Base | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Haiti | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Iran | All locations | Sunday, March 22 | Tuesday, September 22 |
Iraq | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Israel | All locations | Friday, March 27 | Sunday, October 25 |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Jordan | All locations | Friday, March 27 | Friday, October 30 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Mexico | Most locations | Sunday, April 5 | Sunday, October 25 |
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 | |
Sonora, Quintana Roo | No DST in 2015 | ||
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Mongolia | All locations | Saturday, March 28 | Saturday, September 26 |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Morocco | All locations | Sunday, March 29* | Sunday, October 25* |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Namibia | All locations | Sunday, September 6 | Sunday, April 5 |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 2015 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, September 27 | Sunday, April 5 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Palestine | All locations | Saturday, March 28 | Friday, October 23 |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 4 | Sunday, March 22 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Russia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Samoa | All locations | Sunday, September 27 | Sunday, April 5 |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Syria | All locations | Friday, March 27 | Friday, October 30 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, November 8 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Ukraine | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Auton. Republic of Crimea, much of Luhansk, much of Donetsk | No DST in 2015 | ||
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, March 8 | Sunday, November 1 |
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska | No DST in 2015 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | Does not start this year | Sunday, March 8 |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | Sunday, March 29* | Sunday, October 25* |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 2015 | |
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed. |