Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1997

Who has DST in 1997?

Areas having DST in some period during 1997
No DST in 1997

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 1997. For more details, see information for the first half of 1997 and the second half of 1997.

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 1997
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 1997
Åland Islands All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Albania All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Algeria All locations No DST in 1997
American Samoa All locations No DST in 1997
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Angola All locations No DST in 1997
Anguilla All locations No DST in 1997
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 1997
Some locations Sunday, October 5 Sunday, March 16
Palmer Station Sunday, October 12 Sunday, March 30
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 1997
Argentina All locations No DST in 1997
Armenia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Aruba All locations No DST in 1997
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 26 Sunday, March 30
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 1997
Tasmania Sunday, October 5 Sunday, March 30
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 26 Sunday, March 30
Austria All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Azerbaijan All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Bahrain All locations No DST in 1997
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 1997
Barbados All locations No DST in 1997
Belarus All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Belize All locations No DST in 1997
Benin All locations No DST in 1997
Bermuda All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Bhutan All locations No DST in 1997
Bolivia All locations No DST in 1997
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Botswana All locations No DST in 1997
Brazil Most locations Monday, October 6 Sunday, February 16
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima No DST in 1997
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 1997
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 1997
Brunei All locations No DST in 1997
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 1997
Burundi All locations No DST in 1997
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 1997
Cambodia All locations No DST in 1997
Cameroon All locations No DST in 1997
Canada Most locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 1997
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 1997
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 1997
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 1997
Chad All locations No DST in 1997
Chile Most locations Sunday, October 12 Sunday, March 30
Easter Island Saturday, October 11 Saturday, March 29
China All locations No DST in 1997
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 1997
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 1997
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 1997
Colombia All locations No DST in 1997
Comoros All locations No DST in 1997
Congo All locations No DST in 1997
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 1997
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 1997
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 1997
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 1997
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Cuba All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 12
Curaçao All locations No DST in 1997
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, September 28
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Djibouti All locations No DST in 1997
Dominica All locations No DST in 1997
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 1997
East Timor All locations No DST in 1997
Ecuador All locations No DST in 1997
Egypt All locations Friday, April 25 Friday, September 26
El Salvador All locations No DST in 1997
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 1997
Eritrea All locations No DST in 1997
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Eswatini All locations No DST in 1997
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 1997
Falkland Islands All locations Sunday, September 14 Sunday, April 20
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Fiji All locations No DST in 1997
Finland All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
France Most locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 1997
French Guiana All locations No DST in 1997
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 1997
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 1997
Gabon All locations No DST in 1997
Gambia All locations No DST in 1997
Georgia Most locations Does not start this year Sunday, October 26
Sukhumi Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Germany All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Ghana All locations No DST in 1997
Gibraltar All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Greece All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Greenland Most locations Saturday, March 29 Saturday, October 25
Some locations No DST in 1997
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Pituffik Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Grenada All locations No DST in 1997
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 1997
Guam All locations No DST in 1997
Guatemala All locations No DST in 1997
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Guinea All locations No DST in 1997
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 1997
Guyana All locations No DST in 1997
Haiti All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Honduras All locations No DST in 1997
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 1997
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Iceland All locations No DST in 1997
India All locations No DST in 1997
Indonesia All locations No DST in 1997
Iran All locations Saturday, March 22 Monday, September 22
Iraq All locations Tuesday, April 1 Wednesday, October 1
Ireland All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Isle of Man All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Israel All locations Friday, March 21 Sunday, September 14
Italy All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Jamaica All locations No DST in 1997
Japan All locations No DST in 1997
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Jordan All locations Friday, April 4 Friday, September 19
Kazakhstan All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Kenya All locations No DST in 1997
Kiribati All locations No DST in 1997
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Kuwait All locations No DST in 1997
Kyrgyzstan All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Laos All locations No DST in 1997
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, September 28
Lesotho All locations No DST in 1997
Liberia All locations No DST in 1997
Libya All locations Friday, April 4 Saturday, October 4
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Lithuania All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Macau All locations No DST in 1997
Madagascar All locations No DST in 1997
Malawi All locations No DST in 1997
Malaysia All locations No DST in 1997
Maldives All locations No DST in 1997
Mali All locations No DST in 1997
Malta All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 1997
Martinique All locations No DST in 1997
Mauritania All locations No DST in 1997
Mauritius All locations No DST in 1997
Mayotte All locations No DST in 1997
Mexico All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Micronesia All locations No DST in 1997
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Mongolia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, September 28
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Montserrat All locations No DST in 1997
Morocco All locations No DST in 1997
Mozambique All locations No DST in 1997
Myanmar All locations No DST in 1997
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 7 Sunday, April 6
Nauru All locations No DST in 1997
Nepal All locations No DST in 1997
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 1997
New Caledonia All locations Does not start this year Sunday, March 2
New Zealand All locations Sunday, October 5 Sunday, March 16
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 1997
Niger All locations No DST in 1997
Nigeria All locations No DST in 1997
Niue All locations No DST in 1997
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 1997
North Korea All locations No DST in 1997
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 1997
Norway All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Oman All locations No DST in 1997
Pakistan All locations No DST in 1997
Palau All locations No DST in 1997
Palestine All locations Friday, April 4 Friday, September 19
Panama All locations No DST in 1997
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 1997
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 5 Sunday, February 23
Peru All locations No DST in 1997
Philippines All locations No DST in 1997
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 1997
Poland All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Portugal All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Puerto Rico All locations No DST in 1997
Qatar All locations No DST in 1997
Reunion All locations No DST in 1997
Romania All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Russia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Rwanda All locations No DST in 1997
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 1997
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 1997
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 1997
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 1997
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 1997
Samoa All locations No DST in 1997
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 1997
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 1997
Senegal All locations No DST in 1997
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Seychelles All locations No DST in 1997
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 1997
Singapore All locations No DST in 1997
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 1997
Slovakia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Slovenia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Solomon Islands All locations No DST in 1997
Somalia All locations No DST in 1997
South Africa All locations No DST in 1997
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 1997
South Korea All locations No DST in 1997
South Sudan All locations No DST in 1997
Spain All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 1997
St. Barts All locations No DST in 1997
Sudan All locations No DST in 1997
Suriname All locations No DST in 1997
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Syria All locations Monday, March 31 Wednesday, October 1
Taiwan All locations No DST in 1997
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 1997
Tanzania All locations No DST in 1997
Thailand All locations No DST in 1997
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Togo All locations No DST in 1997
Tokelau All locations No DST in 1997
Tonga All locations No DST in 1997
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 1997
Tunisia All locations No DST in 1997
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 1997
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 1997
Uganda All locations No DST in 1997
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 1997
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
United States Most locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska No DST in 1997
Uruguay All locations No DST in 1997
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 1997
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 1997
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 1997
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 1997
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Venezuela All locations No DST in 1997
Vietnam All locations No DST in 1997
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 1997
Western Sahara All locations No DST in 1997
Yemen All locations No DST in 1997
Zambia All locations No DST in 1997
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 1997