Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2006

Who has DST in 2006?

Areas having DST in some period during 2006
No DST in 2006

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 2006. For more details, see information for the first half of 2006and the second half of 2006.

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 2006
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2006
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 2006
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2006
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Angola All locations No DST in 2006
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2006
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2006
Some locations Sunday, October 1 Sunday, March 19
Palmer Station Sunday, October 15 Sunday, March 12
Troll Station Wednesday, March 1* Sunday, October 29
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2006
Argentina All locations No DST in 2006
Armenia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Aruba All locations No DST in 2006
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 29 Sunday, April 2
Queensland, Northern Territory No DST in 2006
Western Australia Sunday, December 3 Does not end this year
Tasmania Sunday, October 1 Sunday, April 2
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 29 Sunday, April 2
Austria All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Azerbaijan All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2006
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2006
Barbados All locations No DST in 2006
Belarus All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Belize All locations No DST in 2006
Benin All locations No DST in 2006
Bermuda All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2006
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Botswana All locations No DST in 2006
Brazil Most locations Sunday, November 5 Sunday, February 19
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins No DST in 2006
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2006
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2006
Brunei All locations No DST in 2006
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2006
Burundi All locations No DST in 2006
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2006
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2006
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2006
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 2006
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2006
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2006
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2006
Chad All locations No DST in 2006
Chile Most locations Sunday, October 15 Sunday, March 12
Easter Island Saturday, October 14 Saturday, March 11
China All locations No DST in 2006
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2006
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2006
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2006
Colombia All locations No DST in 2006
Comoros All locations No DST in 2006
Congo All locations No DST in 2006
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2006
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2006
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2006
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2006
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Cuba All locations Does not start this year Sunday, October 29
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2006
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 2006
Dominica All locations No DST in 2006
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2006
East Timor All locations No DST in 2006
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2006
Egypt All locations Friday, April 28 Friday, September 22
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2006
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2006
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2006
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2006
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2006
Falkland Islands All locations Sunday, September 3 Sunday, April 16
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Fiji All locations No DST in 2006
Finland All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
France Most locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2006
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2006
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2006
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2006
Gabon All locations No DST in 2006
Gambia All locations No DST in 2006
Georgia Most locations No DST in 2006
Sukhumi Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Germany All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Ghana All locations No DST in 2006
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 2006
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Pituffik Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Grenada All locations No DST in 2006
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2006
Guam All locations No DST in 2006
Guatemala All locations Sunday, April 30 Sunday, October 1
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Guinea All locations No DST in 2006
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2006
Guyana All locations No DST in 2006
Haiti All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Honduras All locations Sunday, May 7 Monday, August 7
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2006
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Iceland All locations No DST in 2006
India All locations No DST in 2006
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2006
Iran All locations No DST in 2006
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, March 31 Sunday, October 1
Italy All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2006
Japan All locations No DST in 2006
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Jordan All locations Friday, March 31 Friday, October 27
Kazakhstan All locations No DST in 2006
Kenya All locations No DST in 2006
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2006
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2006
Kyrgyzstan All locations No DST in 2006
Laos All locations No DST in 2006
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2006
Liberia All locations No DST in 2006
Libya All locations No DST in 2006
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Lithuania All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Macau All locations No DST in 2006
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2006
Malawi All locations No DST in 2006
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2006
Maldives All locations No DST in 2006
Mali All locations No DST in 2006
Malta All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2006
Martinique All locations No DST in 2006
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2006
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2006
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2006
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Sonora No DST in 2006
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2006
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Mongolia All locations Saturday, March 25 Saturday, September 30
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2006
Morocco All locations No DST in 2006
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2006
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2006
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 3 Sunday, April 2
Nauru All locations No DST in 2006
Nepal All locations No DST in 2006
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2006
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2006
New Zealand All locations Sunday, October 1 Sunday, March 19
Nicaragua All locations Sunday, April 30 Sunday, October 1
Niger All locations No DST in 2006
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2006
Niue All locations No DST in 2006
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2006
North Korea All locations No DST in 2006
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2006
Norway All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Oman All locations No DST in 2006
Pakistan All locations No DST in 2006
Palau All locations No DST in 2006
Palestine All locations Saturday, April 1 Friday, September 22
Panama All locations No DST in 2006
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2006
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 15 Sunday, March 12
Peru All locations No DST in 2006
Philippines All locations No DST in 2006
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2006
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 2006
Qatar All locations No DST in 2006
Reunion All locations No DST in 2006
Romania All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Russia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2006
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2006
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2006
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2006
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2006
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2006
Samoa All locations No DST in 2006
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2006
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2006
Senegal All locations No DST in 2006
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2006
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2006
Singapore All locations No DST in 2006
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2006
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 2006
Somalia All locations No DST in 2006
South Africa All locations No DST in 2006
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2006
South Korea All locations No DST in 2006
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2006
Spain All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2006
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2006
Sudan All locations No DST in 2006
Suriname All locations No DST in 2006
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Syria All locations Saturday, April 1 Friday, September 22
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2006
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2006
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2006
Thailand All locations No DST in 2006
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Togo All locations No DST in 2006
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2006
Tonga All locations No DST in 2006
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2006
Tunisia All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2006
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2006
Uganda All locations No DST in 2006
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2006
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
United States Most locations Sunday, April 2 Sunday, October 29
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska No DST in 2006
Uruguay All locations Sunday, October 1 Sunday, March 12
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2006
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2006
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2006
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2006
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 26 Sunday, October 29
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2006
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2006
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2006
Western Sahara All locations No DST in 2006
Yemen All locations No DST in 2006
Zambia All locations No DST in 2006
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2006
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.