Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2005

Who has DST in 2005?

Areas having DST in some period during 2005
No DST in 2005

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 2005. For more details, see information for the first half of 2005and the second half of 2005.

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 2005
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2005
Åland Islands All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Albania All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Algeria All locations No DST in 2005
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2005
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Angola All locations No DST in 2005
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2005
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2005
Some locations Sunday, October 2 Sunday, March 20
Palmer Station Sunday, October 9 Sunday, March 13
Troll Station Tuesday, March 1* Monday, November 7
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2005
Argentina All locations No DST in 2005
Armenia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Aruba All locations No DST in 2005
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 30 Sunday, March 27
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 2005
Tasmania Sunday, October 2 Sunday, March 27
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 30 Sunday, March 27
Austria All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Azerbaijan All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2005
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2005
Barbados All locations No DST in 2005
Belarus All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Belize All locations No DST in 2005
Benin All locations No DST in 2005
Bermuda All locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2005
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Botswana All locations No DST in 2005
Brazil Most locations Sunday, October 16 Sunday, February 20
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins No DST in 2005
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2005
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2005
Brunei All locations No DST in 2005
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2005
Burundi All locations No DST in 2005
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2005
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2005
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2005
Canada Most locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 2005
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2005
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2005
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2005
Chad All locations No DST in 2005
Chile Most locations Sunday, October 9 Sunday, March 13
Easter Island Saturday, October 8 Saturday, March 12
China All locations No DST in 2005
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2005
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2005
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2005
Colombia All locations No DST in 2005
Comoros All locations No DST in 2005
Congo All locations No DST in 2005
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2005
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2005
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2005
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2005
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Cuba All locations DST all year in 2005
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2005
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Djibouti All locations No DST in 2005
Dominica All locations No DST in 2005
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2005
East Timor All locations No DST in 2005
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2005
Egypt All locations Friday, April 29 Friday, September 30
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2005
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2005
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2005
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2005
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2005
Falkland Islands All locations Sunday, September 4 Sunday, April 17
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Fiji All locations No DST in 2005
Finland All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
France Most locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2005
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2005
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2005
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2005
Gabon All locations No DST in 2005
Gambia All locations No DST in 2005
Georgia Most locations No DST in 2005
Sukhumi Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Germany All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Ghana All locations No DST in 2005
Gibraltar All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Greece All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Greenland Most locations Saturday, March 26 Saturday, October 29
Some locations No DST in 2005
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Pituffik Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Grenada All locations No DST in 2005
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2005
Guam All locations No DST in 2005
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2005
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Guinea All locations No DST in 2005
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2005
Guyana All locations No DST in 2005
Haiti All locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Honduras All locations No DST in 2005
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2005
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Iceland All locations No DST in 2005
India All locations No DST in 2005
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2005
Iran All locations Tuesday, March 22 Thursday, September 22
Iraq All locations Friday, April 1 Saturday, October 1
Ireland All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Isle of Man All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Israel All locations Friday, April 1 Sunday, October 9
Italy All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2005
Japan All locations No DST in 2005
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Jordan All locations Friday, April 1 Friday, September 30
Kazakhstan All locations No DST in 2005
Kenya All locations No DST in 2005
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2005
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2005
Kyrgyzstan All locations Sunday, March 27 Friday, August 12
Laos All locations No DST in 2005
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2005
Liberia All locations No DST in 2005
Libya All locations No DST in 2005
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Lithuania All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Macau All locations No DST in 2005
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2005
Malawi All locations No DST in 2005
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2005
Maldives All locations No DST in 2005
Mali All locations No DST in 2005
Malta All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2005
Martinique All locations No DST in 2005
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2005
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2005
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2005
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Sonora No DST in 2005
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2005
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Mongolia All locations Saturday, March 26 Saturday, September 24
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2005
Morocco All locations No DST in 2005
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2005
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2005
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 4 Sunday, April 3
Nauru All locations No DST in 2005
Nepal All locations No DST in 2005
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2005
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2005
New Zealand All locations Sunday, October 2 Sunday, March 20
Nicaragua All locations Sunday, April 10 Sunday, October 2
Niger All locations No DST in 2005
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2005
Niue All locations No DST in 2005
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2005
North Korea All locations No DST in 2005
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2005
Norway All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Oman All locations No DST in 2005
Pakistan All locations No DST in 2005
Palau All locations No DST in 2005
Palestine All locations Friday, April 15 Tuesday, October 4
Panama All locations No DST in 2005
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2005
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 16 Sunday, March 13
Peru All locations No DST in 2005
Philippines All locations No DST in 2005
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2005
Poland All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Portugal All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Puerto Rico All locations No DST in 2005
Qatar All locations No DST in 2005
Reunion All locations No DST in 2005
Romania All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Russia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2005
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2005
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2005
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2005
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2005
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2005
Samoa All locations No DST in 2005
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2005
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2005
Senegal All locations No DST in 2005
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2005
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2005
Singapore All locations No DST in 2005
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2005
Slovakia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Slovenia All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Solomon Islands All locations No DST in 2005
Somalia All locations No DST in 2005
South Africa All locations No DST in 2005
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2005
South Korea All locations No DST in 2005
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2005
Spain All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2005
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2005
Sudan All locations No DST in 2005
Suriname All locations No DST in 2005
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Syria All locations Friday, April 1 Saturday, October 1
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2005
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2005
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2005
Thailand All locations No DST in 2005
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Togo All locations No DST in 2005
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2005
Tonga All locations No DST in 2005
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2005
Tunisia All locations Sunday, May 1 Friday, September 30
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2005
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2005
Uganda All locations No DST in 2005
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2005
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
United States Most locations Sunday, April 3 Sunday, October 30
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska No DST in 2005
Uruguay All locations Sunday, October 9 Sunday, March 27
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2005
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2005
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2005
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2005
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 27 Sunday, October 30
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2005
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2005
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2005
Western Sahara All locations No DST in 2005
Yemen All locations No DST in 2005
Zambia All locations No DST in 2005
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2005
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.