Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1996

Who has DST in 1996?

Areas having DST in some period during 1996
No DST in 1996

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 1996. For more details, see information for the first half of 1996 and the second half of 1996.

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 1996
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 1996
Åland Islands All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Albania All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Algeria All locations No DST in 1996
American Samoa All locations No DST in 1996
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Angola All locations No DST in 1996
Anguilla All locations No DST in 1996
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 1996
Some locations Sunday, October 6 Sunday, March 17
Palmer Station Sunday, October 13 Sunday, March 10
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 1996
Argentina All locations No DST in 1996
Armenia All locations No DST in 1996
Aruba All locations No DST in 1996
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 27 Sunday, March 31
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 1996
Tasmania Sunday, October 6 Sunday, March 31
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 27 Sunday, March 31
Austria All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Azerbaijan All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Bahrain All locations No DST in 1996
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 1996
Barbados All locations No DST in 1996
Belarus All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Belize All locations No DST in 1996
Benin All locations No DST in 1996
Bermuda All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Bhutan All locations No DST in 1996
Bolivia All locations No DST in 1996
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Botswana All locations No DST in 1996
Brazil Most locations Sunday, October 6 Sunday, February 11
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima No DST in 1996
Sergipe, Alagoas Does not start this year Sunday, February 11
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 1996
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 1996
Brunei All locations No DST in 1996
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 1996
Burundi All locations No DST in 1996
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 1996
Cambodia All locations No DST in 1996
Cameroon All locations No DST in 1996
Canada Most locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 1996
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 1996
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 1996
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 1996
Chad All locations No DST in 1996
Chile Most locations Sunday, October 13 Sunday, March 10
Easter Island Saturday, October 12 Saturday, March 9
China All locations No DST in 1996
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 1996
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 1996
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 1996
Colombia All locations No DST in 1996
Comoros All locations No DST in 1996
Congo All locations No DST in 1996
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 1996
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 1996
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 1996
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 1996
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Cuba All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 6
Curaçao All locations No DST in 1996
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, September 29
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Djibouti All locations No DST in 1996
Dominica All locations No DST in 1996
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 1996
East Timor All locations No DST in 1996
Ecuador All locations No DST in 1996
Egypt All locations Friday, April 26 Friday, September 27
El Salvador All locations No DST in 1996
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 1996
Eritrea All locations No DST in 1996
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Eswatini All locations No DST in 1996
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 1996
Falkland Islands All locations Sunday, September 15 Sunday, April 21
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Fiji All locations No DST in 1996
Finland All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
France Most locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 1996
French Guiana All locations No DST in 1996
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 1996
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 1996
Gabon All locations No DST in 1996
Gambia All locations No DST in 1996
Georgia Most locations Sunday, March 31 Does not end this year
Sukhumi Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Germany All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Ghana All locations No DST in 1996
Gibraltar All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Greece All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Greenland Most locations Saturday, March 30 Saturday, October 26
Some locations No DST in 1996
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Pituffik Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Grenada All locations No DST in 1996
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 1996
Guam All locations No DST in 1996
Guatemala All locations No DST in 1996
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Guinea All locations No DST in 1996
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 1996
Guyana All locations No DST in 1996
Haiti All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Honduras All locations No DST in 1996
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 1996
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Iceland All locations No DST in 1996
India All locations No DST in 1996
Indonesia All locations No DST in 1996
Iran All locations Thursday, March 21 Saturday, September 21
Iraq All locations Monday, April 1 Tuesday, October 1
Ireland All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Isle of Man All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Israel All locations Friday, March 15 Monday, September 16
Italy All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Jamaica All locations No DST in 1996
Japan All locations No DST in 1996
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Jordan All locations Friday, April 5 Friday, September 20
Kazakhstan All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Kenya All locations No DST in 1996
Kiribati All locations No DST in 1996
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Kuwait All locations No DST in 1996
Kyrgyzstan All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, September 29
Laos All locations No DST in 1996
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, September 29
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, September 29
Lesotho All locations No DST in 1996
Liberia All locations No DST in 1996
Libya All locations No DST in 1996
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Lithuania All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Macau All locations No DST in 1996
Madagascar All locations No DST in 1996
Malawi All locations No DST in 1996
Malaysia All locations No DST in 1996
Maldives All locations No DST in 1996
Mali All locations No DST in 1996
Malta All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 1996
Martinique All locations No DST in 1996
Mauritania All locations No DST in 1996
Mauritius All locations No DST in 1996
Mayotte All locations No DST in 1996
Mexico All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Micronesia All locations No DST in 1996
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Mongolia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, September 29
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Montserrat All locations No DST in 1996
Morocco All locations No DST in 1996
Mozambique All locations No DST in 1996
Myanmar All locations No DST in 1996
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 1 Sunday, April 7
Nauru All locations No DST in 1996
Nepal All locations No DST in 1996
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 1996
New Caledonia All locations Sunday, December 1 Does not end this year
New Zealand All locations Sunday, October 6 Sunday, March 17
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 1996
Niger All locations No DST in 1996
Nigeria All locations No DST in 1996
Niue All locations No DST in 1996
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 1996
North Korea All locations No DST in 1996
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 1996
Norway All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Oman All locations No DST in 1996
Pakistan All locations No DST in 1996
Palau All locations No DST in 1996
Palestine All locations Friday, April 5 Friday, September 20
Panama All locations No DST in 1996
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 1996
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 6 Friday, March 1
Peru All locations No DST in 1996
Philippines All locations No DST in 1996
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 1996
Poland All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Portugal All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Puerto Rico All locations No DST in 1996
Qatar All locations No DST in 1996
Reunion All locations No DST in 1996
Romania All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Russia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Rwanda All locations No DST in 1996
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 1996
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 1996
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 1996
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 1996
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 1996
Samoa All locations No DST in 1996
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 1996
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 1996
Senegal All locations No DST in 1996
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Seychelles All locations No DST in 1996
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 1996
Singapore All locations No DST in 1996
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 1996
Slovakia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Slovenia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Solomon Islands All locations No DST in 1996
Somalia All locations No DST in 1996
South Africa All locations No DST in 1996
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 1996
South Korea All locations No DST in 1996
South Sudan All locations No DST in 1996
Spain All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 1996
St. Barts All locations No DST in 1996
Sudan All locations No DST in 1996
Suriname All locations No DST in 1996
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Syria All locations Monday, April 1 Tuesday, October 1
Taiwan All locations No DST in 1996
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 1996
Tanzania All locations No DST in 1996
Thailand All locations No DST in 1996
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Togo All locations No DST in 1996
Tokelau All locations No DST in 1996
Tonga All locations No DST in 1996
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 1996
Tunisia All locations No DST in 1996
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 1996
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 1996
Uganda All locations No DST in 1996
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 1996
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
United States Most locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska No DST in 1996
Uruguay All locations No DST in 1996
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 1996
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 1996
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 1996
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 1996
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Venezuela All locations No DST in 1996
Vietnam All locations No DST in 1996
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 1996
Western Sahara All locations No DST in 1996
Yemen All locations No DST in 1996
Zambia All locations No DST in 1996
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 1996