AUSTRALIAN DATES AND TIME
World Daylight Savings
Approximately 70 countries around the world have Daylight Saving in at least a portion of their country. Equatorial (lower latitudes) countries don't observe Daylight Saving Time because their daylight hours don't seasonally change during the year. As a result there is no advantage for them to move their clocks forward during the summer.
For a handy reference, we've listed below many of the countries that observe Daylight Saving. They all save one hour in the summer and change their clocks some time between midnight and 3 am.
S = Starting date, E = ending date.
| Antarctica |
S E |
First Sun First Sun |
on/after 9 Oct on/after 9 March |
Kirgizstan |
S E |
Last Sun Last Sun |
in March in Oct |
| Bahamas |
S E |
First Sun Last Sun |
in April in Oct |
Lebanon |
S E |
Last Sun Last Sun |
in March in Oct |
| Brazil |
S E |
First Sun Last Sun |
in Oct in Feb |
Mexico |
S E |
First Sun Last Sun |
in April in Oct |
| Canada |
S E |
First Sun Last Sun |
in April in Oct |
Mongolia |
S E |
Last Sun Last Sun |
in March in Sept |
| Chile |
S E |
First Sun First Sun |
on/after 9 Oct on/after 9 March |
Namibia |
S E |
First Sun First Sun |
in Sept in April |
| Cuba |
S E |
April 1 Last Sun |
in Oct |
New Zealand |
S E |
Last Sun First Sun |
in Sept in April |
| Egypt |
S E |
Last Fri Last Thurs |
in April in Sept |
Paraguay |
S E |
First Sun Last Sat |
in Oct in Feb |
European Union |
S E |
Last Sun Last Sun |
in March in Oct |
Russia |
S E |
Last Sun Last Sun |
in March in Oct |
| Falklands |
S E |
First Sun First Sun |
on/after 8 Sept on/after 6 April |
Syria |
S E |
April 1 Oct 1 |
|
| Fiji |
S E |
First Sun Last Sun |
in Nov in Feb |
Tonga |
S E |
First Sat First Sat |
in Oct on/after 15 April |
| Greenland |
S E |
First Sun Last Sun |
in April in Oct |
USA |
S E |
Second Sun First Sun |
in March in Nov |