Adoption of DST (Daylight Saving Time) / Summer Time by country / territory
/ 1916
/ 1917
/ 1918
/ 1931
/ 1942-1943
/ 1950
/ 1960
/ 1970
/ 1981
/ 1990
/ 2000
/ 2010
/ 2020
/ 2021
|
Country / territory |
First used |
Year 1942/43 (Yes/No) | DST off |
Notes: |
present |
Germany: Berlin |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Austria: Vienna |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Hungary: Budapest |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Great Britain: London |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Ireland: Dublin |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
France: Paris |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Belgium: Brussels |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Luxembourg: Luxembourg |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Malta: Valletta |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Monaco: Monaco |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
San Marino: San Marino |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Holland: Amsterdam |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Portugal: Lisbon |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Madeira: Funchal |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Italy: Rome |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Denmark: Copenhagen |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Sweden: Stockholm |
1916 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Norway: Oslo |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Poland: Warsaw |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Slovakia: Bratislava | 1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Turkey: Istanbul |
1916 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
No |
Algeria: Algiers |
1916 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
No |
Iceland: Reykjavik | 1917 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
No |
Australia:
Western Australia: Perth
South Australia: Adelaide
Northern Territory: Darwin
Victoria: Melbourne
New South Wales: Sydney
Queensland:Brisbane
Tasmania:Hobart
|
1917
1917
1917
1917
1917
1917
1917
|
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
|
+1:00 |
|
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
|
Lord Howe Island | 1917 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Russia
Moscow
Volgograd
Samara
Yekaterinburg
Omsk
Novosibirsk
Krasnoyarsk
Irkutsk
Chita
Yakutsk
Vladivostok
Sakhalin
Magadan
Kamchatka
Anadyr
|
1917
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
|
1942-No
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
|
+1:00 |
DST in 1917-1919, 1921 (some), 1981-2010 |
No |
Canada:
Pacific: Vancouver
Mountain: Edmonton
Central: Winnipeg
Eastern: Toronto
Inter-Colonial: Halifax
Newfoundld: St. John's
|
1918
1918
1916
1918
1916
1917
|
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
|
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
USA:
Hawaii: Honolulu
Aleutian islands: Adak
Alaska: Sitka
Pacific: Los Angeles
Mountain: Denver
Central: Chicago
Eastern: New York
|
1933
1942
1942
1918
1918
1918
1918
|
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
1942-Yes
|
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Spain: Madrid | 1918 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Estonia: Tallinn | 1918 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Latvia: Riga | 1918 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
British Honduras (Belize): Belmopan |
1918 |
1942-Yes |
+0:30 |
DST in 1918-1943, 1973-1974, 1982-1983 |
No |
China
Kunlun: Kashgar
Sinkiang-Tibet: Urumqi
Kansu-Szechwan: Chongqing
Chungyuan: Shanghai
Changpai: Harbin
|
1986
1986
1986
1919
1986
|
1942-No
1942-No
1942-No
1942-Yes
1942-No
|
+1:00 |
DST in 1919, 1940-1948 (Shanghai), 1986-1991 |
No |
Syria: Damascus | 1920 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Lebanon: Beirut | 1920 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Ghana: Accra |
1920 |
1942-Yes |
+0:20 |
DST in 1920-1942 |
No |
Uruguay: Montevideo | 1923 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
No |
New Zealand:
Auckland
Chatham Isl.
|
1927
1974 |
1942-Yes
1942-No
|
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Chile: Santiago |
1927 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Cuba: Havana | 1928 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Argentina: Buenos Aires |
1930 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
No |
Bolivia: La Paz |
1931 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
DST in 1931-1932 |
No |
Brazil
Rio Branco
Manaus
Sao Paulo
Fernando de Noronha
|
1931
1931
1931
1931
|
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
No |
Mexico
Tijuana
Hermosillo
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Cancun
|
1931
1996
1996
1939
1996
|
1942-Yes
1942-No
1942-No
1943-Yes
1942-No
|
+1:00 |
|
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
|
Greece: Athens | 1932 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Romania: Bucharest | 1932 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Moldova: Chisinau | 1932 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur |
1933 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
DST in 1933-1936 (+0:20) |
No |
Singapore: Singapore |
1933 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
DST in 1933-1936 (+0:20) |
No |
Sierra Leone: Freetown | 1935 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1935-1942, 1957-1962 |
No |
Philippines: Manila |
1936 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
DST in 1936-1937, 1954, 1978 |
No |
Falkland Islands: Stanley | 1937 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
No |
Peru: Lima | 1938 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
DST in 1938-1940, 1986-1987, 1990, 1994 |
No |
Morocco: Casablanca | 1939 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Tunisia: Tunis | 1939 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
No |
Czech Republic: Prague | 1940 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Albania: Tirana | 1940 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Egypt: Cairo |
1940 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
No |
Gaza Hebron | 1940 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Switzerland: Zurich | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Liechtenstein: Vaduz | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1941-1942, 1981- |
Yes |
Serbia: Belgrade | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Croatia: Zagreb | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Montenegro: Podgorica | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Slovenia: Ljubljana | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Belarus: Minsk | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
No |
Ukraine: Kiev | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Lithuania: Vilnius | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Hong Kong: Hong Kong | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1941, 1946-1976, 1979 |
No |
India: Kolkata | 1941 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1941-1945 |
No |
Sri Lanka: Colombo | 1942 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1941-1945 |
No |
Finland: Helsinki | 1942 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Pakistan: Karachi | 1942 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1942-1945, 2002, 2008-2009 |
No |
Puerto Rico: San Juan | 1942 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1942-1945 |
No |
Namibia: Windhoek | 1942 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1942-1943, 1994-2017 |
No |
South Africa: Johannesburg | 1942 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1942-1944 |
No |
Cabo Verde: Praia | 1942 |
1942-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1942-1945 |
No |
Bulgaria: Sofia | 1943 |
1943-Yes |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Botswana: Gaborone | 1943 |
1943-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1943-1944 |
No |
Lesotho: Maseru | 1943 |
1943-Yes |
+1:00 |
DST in 1943-1944 |
No |
Bahamas: Nassau | 1964 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Jordan: Amman | 1973 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Bermuda: Hamilton | 1974 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Norfolk Island | 1974 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Paraguay: Asuncion | 1975 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Iran: Tehran | 1978 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Turks and Caicos Isl.: Cockburn Town | 1979 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Faroe Islands: Torshavn | 1981 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Fiji: Suva | 1998 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
Samoa: Apia | 2010 |
1942-No |
+1:00 |
|
Yes |
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