Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2002

Who has DST in 2002?

Areas having DST in some period during 2002
No DST in 2002

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 2002. For more details, see information for the first half of 2002and the second half of 2002.

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 2002
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2002
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 2002
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2002
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Angola All locations No DST in 2002
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2002
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2002
Some locations Sunday, October 6 Sunday, March 17
Palmer Station Sunday, October 13 Sunday, March 10
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2002
Argentina All locations No DST in 2002
Armenia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Aruba All locations No DST in 2002
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 27 Sunday, March 31
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 2002
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 2002
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2002
Barbados All locations No DST in 2002
Belarus All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Belize All locations No DST in 2002
Benin All locations No DST in 2002
Bermuda All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2002
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Botswana All locations No DST in 2002
Brazil Most locations Sunday, November 3 Sunday, February 17
Pernambuco, Sergipe, Paraíba, Ceará, Alagoas, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão Does not start this year Sunday, February 17
Amazonas, Pará, Amapá, Rondônia, Acre, Roraima No DST in 2002
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2002
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2002
Brunei All locations No DST in 2002
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2002
Burundi All locations No DST in 2002
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2002
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2002
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2002
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 2002
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2002
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2002
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2002
Chad All locations No DST in 2002
Chile Most locations Sunday, October 13 Sunday, March 10
Easter Island Saturday, October 12 Saturday, March 9
China All locations No DST in 2002
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2002
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2002
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2002
Colombia All locations No DST in 2002
Comoros All locations No DST in 2002
Congo All locations No DST in 2002
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2002
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2002
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2002
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2002
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Cuba All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2002
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Djibouti All locations No DST in 2002
Dominica All locations No DST in 2002
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2002
East Timor All locations No DST in 2002
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2002
Egypt All locations Friday, April 26 Friday, September 27
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2002
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2002
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2002
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2002
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2002
Falkland Islands All locations Sunday, September 1 Sunday, April 21
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Fiji All locations No DST in 2002
Finland All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
France Most locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2002
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2002
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2002
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2002
Gabon All locations No DST in 2002
Gambia All locations No DST in 2002
Georgia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Germany All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Ghana All locations No DST in 2002
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 2002
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Pituffik Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Grenada All locations No DST in 2002
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2002
Guam All locations No DST in 2002
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2002
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Guinea All locations No DST in 2002
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2002
Guyana All locations No DST in 2002
Haiti All locations No DST in 2002
Honduras All locations No DST in 2002
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2002
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Iceland All locations No DST in 2002
India All locations No DST in 2002
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2002
Iran All locations Friday, March 22 Sunday, September 22
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 29 Monday, October 7
Italy All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2002
Japan All locations No DST in 2002
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Jordan All locations Friday, March 29 Friday, September 27
Kazakhstan All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Kenya All locations No DST in 2002
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2002
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2002
Kyrgyzstan All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Laos All locations No DST in 2002
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2002
Liberia All locations No DST in 2002
Libya All locations No DST in 2002
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Lithuania All locations No DST in 2002
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Macau All locations No DST in 2002
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2002
Malawi All locations No DST in 2002
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2002
Maldives All locations No DST in 2002
Mali All locations No DST in 2002
Malta All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2002
Martinique All locations No DST in 2002
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2002
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2002
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2002
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Sonora No DST in 2002
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2002
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Mongolia All locations Saturday, March 30 Saturday, September 28
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2002
Morocco All locations No DST in 2002
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2002
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2002
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 1 Sunday, April 7
Nauru All locations No DST in 2002
Nepal All locations No DST in 2002
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2002
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2002
New Zealand All locations Sunday, October 6 Sunday, March 17
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2002
Niger All locations No DST in 2002
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2002
Niue All locations No DST in 2002
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2002
North Korea All locations No DST in 2002
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2002
Norway All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Oman All locations No DST in 2002
Pakistan All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 6
Palau All locations No DST in 2002
Palestine All locations Friday, April 19 Friday, October 18
Panama All locations No DST in 2002
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2002
Paraguay All locations Sunday, September 1 Sunday, April 7
Peru All locations No DST in 2002
Philippines All locations No DST in 2002
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2002
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 2002
Qatar All locations No DST in 2002
Reunion All locations No DST in 2002
Romania All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Russia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2002
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2002
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2002
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2002
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2002
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2002
Samoa All locations No DST in 2002
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2002
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2002
Senegal All locations No DST in 2002
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2002
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2002
Singapore All locations No DST in 2002
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2002
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 2002
Somalia All locations No DST in 2002
South Africa All locations No DST in 2002
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2002
South Korea All locations No DST in 2002
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2002
Spain All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2002
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2002
Sudan All locations No DST in 2002
Suriname All locations No DST in 2002
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 2002
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2002
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2002
Thailand All locations No DST in 2002
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Togo All locations No DST in 2002
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2002
Tonga All locations Does not start this year Sunday, January 27
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2002
Tunisia All locations No DST in 2002
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2002
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, April 7 Sunday, October 27
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2002
Uganda All locations No DST in 2002
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2002
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 2002
Uruguay All locations No DST in 2002
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2002
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2002
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2002
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2002
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 31 Sunday, October 27
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2002
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2002
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2002
Western Sahara All locations No DST in 2002
Yemen All locations No DST in 2002
Zambia All locations No DST in 2002
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2002