Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2000

Who has DST in 2000?

Areas having DST in some period during 2000
No DST in 2000

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 2000. For more details, see information for the first half of 2000 and the second half of 2000.

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 2000
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2000
Åland Islands All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Albania All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Algeria All locations No DST in 2000
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2000
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Angola All locations No DST in 2000
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2000
Antarctica Some locations Does not start this year Friday, March 3
Some locations No DST in 2000
Some locations Sunday, October 1 Sunday, March 19
Orcadas Does not start this year Sunday, March 5
Palmer Station Sunday, October 15 Sunday, March 12
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2000
Argentina Most locations Does not start this year Friday, March 3
Buenos Aires Does not start this year Sunday, March 5
Armenia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Aruba All locations No DST in 2000
Australia Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales with exceptions, Tasmania Sunday, August 27 Sunday, March 26
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 2000
South Australia, small region of New South Wales Sunday, October 29 Sunday, March 26
Lord Howe Island Sunday, August 27 Sunday, March 26
Austria All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Azerbaijan All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2000
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2000
Barbados All locations No DST in 2000
Belarus All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Belize All locations No DST in 2000
Benin All locations No DST in 2000
Bermuda All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2000
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Botswana All locations No DST in 2000
Brazil Most locations Sunday, October 8 Sunday, February 27
Amazonas, Pará, Amapá, Rondônia, Acre No DST in 2000
Sergipe, Paraíba, Ceará, Alagoas, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão Sunday, October 8 Sunday, October 22*
Pernambuco, Roraima Sunday, October 8 Sunday, October 15*
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2000
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2000
Brunei All locations No DST in 2000
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2000
Burundi All locations No DST in 2000
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2000
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2000
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2000
Canada Most locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 2000
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2000
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2000
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2000
Chad All locations No DST in 2000
Chile Most locations Sunday, October 15 Sunday, March 12
Easter Island Saturday, October 14 Saturday, March 11
China All locations No DST in 2000
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2000
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2000
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2000
Colombia All locations No DST in 2000
Comoros All locations No DST in 2000
Congo All locations No DST in 2000
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2000
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2000
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2000
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2000
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Cuba All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2000
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Djibouti All locations No DST in 2000
Dominica All locations No DST in 2000
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2000
East Timor All locations No DST in 2000
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2000
Egypt All locations Friday, April 28 Friday, September 29
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2000
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2000
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2000
Estonia All locations No DST in 2000
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2000
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2000
Falkland Islands All locations Sunday, September 10 Sunday, April 16
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Fiji All locations Does not start this year Sunday, February 27
Finland All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
France Most locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2000
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2000
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2000
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2000
Gabon All locations No DST in 2000
Gambia All locations No DST in 2000
Georgia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Germany All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Ghana All locations No DST in 2000
Gibraltar All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Greece All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Greenland Most locations Saturday, March 25 Saturday, October 28
Some locations No DST in 2000
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Pituffik Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Grenada All locations No DST in 2000
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2000
Guam All locations No DST in 2000
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2000
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Guinea All locations No DST in 2000
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2000
Guyana All locations No DST in 2000
Haiti All locations No DST in 2000
Honduras All locations No DST in 2000
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2000
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Iceland All locations No DST in 2000
India All locations No DST in 2000
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2000
Iran All locations Tuesday, March 21 Thursday, September 21
Iraq All locations Saturday, April 1 Sunday, October 1
Ireland All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Isle of Man All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Israel All locations Friday, April 14 Friday, October 6
Italy All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2000
Japan All locations No DST in 2000
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Jordan All locations Friday, March 31 Friday, September 29
Kazakhstan All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Kenya All locations No DST in 2000
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2000
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2000
Kyrgyzstan All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Laos All locations No DST in 2000
Latvia All locations No DST in 2000
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2000
Liberia All locations No DST in 2000
Libya All locations No DST in 2000
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Lithuania All locations No DST in 2000
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Macau All locations No DST in 2000
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2000
Malawi All locations No DST in 2000
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2000
Maldives All locations No DST in 2000
Mali All locations No DST in 2000
Malta All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2000
Martinique All locations No DST in 2000
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2000
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2000
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2000
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Sonora No DST in 2000
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2000
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Mongolia All locations No DST in 2000
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2000
Morocco All locations No DST in 2000
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2000
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2000
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 3 Sunday, April 2
Nauru All locations No DST in 2000
Nepal All locations No DST in 2000
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2000
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2000
New Zealand All locations Sunday, October 1 Sunday, March 19
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2000
Niger All locations No DST in 2000
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2000
Niue All locations No DST in 2000
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2000
North Korea All locations No DST in 2000
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2000
Norway All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Oman All locations No DST in 2000
Pakistan All locations No DST in 2000
Palau All locations No DST in 2000
Palestine All locations Friday, April 21 Friday, October 20
Panama All locations No DST in 2000
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2000
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 1 Sunday, March 5
Peru All locations No DST in 2000
Philippines All locations No DST in 2000
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2000
Poland All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Portugal All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Puerto Rico All locations No DST in 2000
Qatar All locations No DST in 2000
Reunion All locations No DST in 2000
Romania All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Russia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2000
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2000
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2000
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2000
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2000
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2000
Samoa All locations No DST in 2000
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2000
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2000
Senegal All locations No DST in 2000
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2000
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2000
Singapore All locations No DST in 2000
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2000
Slovakia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Slovenia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Solomon Islands All locations No DST in 2000
Somalia All locations No DST in 2000
South Africa All locations No DST in 2000
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2000
South Korea All locations No DST in 2000
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2000
Spain All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2000
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2000
Sudan All locations No DST in 2000
Suriname All locations No DST in 2000
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Syria All locations Saturday, April 1 Sunday, October 1
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2000
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2000
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2000
Thailand All locations No DST in 2000
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Togo All locations No DST in 2000
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2000
Tonga All locations Sunday, November 5 Sunday, March 19
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2000
Tunisia All locations No DST in 2000
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2000
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2000
Uganda All locations No DST in 2000
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2000
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
United States Most locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska No DST in 2000
Uruguay All locations No DST in 2000
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2000
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2000
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2000
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2000
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2000
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2000
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2000
Western Sahara All locations No DST in 2000
Yemen All locations No DST in 2000
Zambia All locations No DST in 2000
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2000
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.