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Notes on Daylight Saving

List of countries

Most countries that observe daylight saving time are listed in the table below. They all save one hour in the summer and change their clocks some time between midnight and 3 am. Note that there are many oddities. For example, some parts of the US and Canada do not observe Daylight Saving Time, such as the state of Arizona (US) and the province Saskatchewan (Canada).

Continent

Country

Beginning and ending days

Africa

Asia/Mid East

Australasia

Europe

Russia/Ukraine

North America

South America

Egypt

Namibia

Japan

Iraq

Israel

Lebanon, Kirgizstan

Mongolia

Syria

Iran

Australia - South Australia, Victoria,
ACT, New South Wales,
Lord Howe Island

Australia - Tasmania

Fiji

New Zealand, Chatham

Tonga

European Union
UK
Greenland

Russian/Ukraine

Most states of the former USSR.

United States, Canada, Mexico
St. Johns, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos

Cuba

Brazil
(rules vary quite a bit from year to year).
Also, equatorial Brazil does not observe DST

Chile

Falklands

Paraguay

Start: Last Friday in April
End: Last Thursday in September

Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April

Not observed

Start: April 1
End: October 1

Start: April 1
End: The Saturday between
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October

Stopped in 2002

Start: April 1
End: October 1

Start: the first day of Farvardin
End: the first day of Mehr

Start: Last Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March

Start: First Sunday in October
End: Last Sunday in March

Stopped in 2000

Start: First Sunday in October
End: Third Sunday in March

Start: First Sunday in November
End: Last Sunday in January

Start: Last Sunday in March at 1 am UTC
End: Last Sunday in October at 1 am UTC

Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October

Start: Last Sunday in March
End: Last Sunday in October

Start: First Sunday in April
End: Last Sunday in October

Start: April 1
End: Last Sunday in October

Start: First Sunday in November
End: Third Sunday in February

Start: Second Saturday of October - at midnight
End: Second Saturday of March - at midnight

Start: First Sunday on or after 8 September
End: First Sunday on or after 6 April

Start: First Sunday in September
End: First Sunday in April

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