Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2003

Who has DST in 2003?

Areas having DST in some period during 2003
No DST in 2003

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 2003. For more details, see information for the first half of 2003and the second half of 2003.

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 2003
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2003
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 2003
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2003
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Angola All locations No DST in 2003
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2003
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2003
Some locations Sunday, October 5 Sunday, March 16
Palmer Station Sunday, October 12 Sunday, March 9
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2003
Argentina All locations No DST in 2003
Armenia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Aruba All locations No DST in 2003
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 26 Sunday, March 30
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 2003
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 2003
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2003
Barbados All locations No DST in 2003
Belarus All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Belize All locations No DST in 2003
Benin All locations No DST in 2003
Bermuda All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2003
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Botswana All locations No DST in 2003
Brazil Distrito Federal, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Espírito Santo Sunday, October 19 Sunday, February 16
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima No DST in 2003
Bahia, Mato Grosso, Tocantins Does not start this year Sunday, February 16
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2003
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2003
Brunei All locations No DST in 2003
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2003
Burundi All locations No DST in 2003
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2003
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2003
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2003
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 2003
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2003
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2003
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2003
Chad All locations No DST in 2003
Chile Most locations Sunday, October 12 Sunday, March 9
Easter Island Saturday, October 11 Saturday, March 8
China All locations No DST in 2003
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2003
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2003
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2003
Colombia All locations No DST in 2003
Comoros All locations No DST in 2003
Congo All locations No DST in 2003
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2003
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2003
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2003
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2003
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Cuba All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2003
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Djibouti All locations No DST in 2003
Dominica All locations No DST in 2003
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2003
East Timor All locations No DST in 2003
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2003
Egypt All locations Friday, April 25 Friday, September 26
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2003
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2003
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2003
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2003
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2003
Falkland Islands All locations Sunday, September 7 Sunday, April 20
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Fiji All locations No DST in 2003
Finland All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
France Most locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2003
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2003
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2003
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2003
Gabon All locations No DST in 2003
Gambia All locations No DST in 2003
Georgia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Germany All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Ghana All locations No DST in 2003
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 2003
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Pituffik Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Grenada All locations No DST in 2003
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2003
Guam All locations No DST in 2003
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2003
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Guinea All locations No DST in 2003
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2003
Guyana All locations No DST in 2003
Haiti All locations No DST in 2003
Honduras All locations No DST in 2003
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2003
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Iceland All locations No DST in 2003
India All locations No DST in 2003
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2003
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 28 Friday, October 3
Italy All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2003
Japan All locations No DST in 2003
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Jordan All locations Friday, March 28 Friday, October 24
Kazakhstan All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Kenya All locations No DST in 2003
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2003
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2003
Kyrgyzstan All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Laos All locations No DST in 2003
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2003
Liberia All locations No DST in 2003
Libya All locations No DST in 2003
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 2003
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2003
Malawi All locations No DST in 2003
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2003
Maldives All locations No DST in 2003
Mali All locations No DST in 2003
Malta All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2003
Martinique All locations No DST in 2003
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2003
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2003
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2003
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Sonora No DST in 2003
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2003
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Mongolia All locations Saturday, March 29 Saturday, September 27
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2003
Morocco All locations No DST in 2003
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2003
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2003
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 7 Sunday, April 6
Nauru All locations No DST in 2003
Nepal All locations No DST in 2003
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2003
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2003
New Zealand All locations Sunday, October 5 Sunday, March 16
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2003
Niger All locations No DST in 2003
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2003
Niue All locations No DST in 2003
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2003
North Korea All locations No DST in 2003
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2003
Norway All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Oman All locations No DST in 2003
Pakistan All locations No DST in 2003
Palau All locations No DST in 2003
Palestine All locations Friday, April 18 Friday, October 17
Panama All locations No DST in 2003
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2003
Paraguay All locations Sunday, September 7 Sunday, April 6
Peru All locations No DST in 2003
Philippines All locations No DST in 2003
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2003
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 2003
Qatar All locations No DST in 2003
Reunion All locations No DST in 2003
Romania All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Russia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2003
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2003
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2003
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2003
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2003
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2003
Samoa All locations No DST in 2003
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2003
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2003
Senegal All locations No DST in 2003
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2003
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2003
Singapore All locations No DST in 2003
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2003
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 2003
Somalia All locations No DST in 2003
South Africa All locations No DST in 2003
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2003
South Korea All locations No DST in 2003
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2003
Spain All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2003
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2003
Sudan All locations No DST in 2003
Suriname All locations No DST in 2003
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Syria All locations Tuesday, April 1 Wednesday, October 1
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2003
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2003
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2003
Thailand All locations No DST in 2003
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Togo All locations No DST in 2003
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2003
Tonga All locations No DST in 2003
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2003
Tunisia All locations No DST in 2003
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2003
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2003
Uganda All locations No DST in 2003
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2003
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 2003
Uruguay All locations No DST in 2003
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2003
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2003
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2003
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2003
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2003
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2003
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2003
Western Sahara All locations No DST in 2003
Yemen All locations No DST in 2003
Zambia All locations No DST in 2003
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2003