Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2012
Who has DST in 2012?
Areas having DST in some period during 2012
No DST in 2012
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 2012. For more details, see information for the first half of 2012and the second half of 2012.
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 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
| Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Algeria | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Angola | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Some locations | Sunday, September 30 | Sunday, April 1 | |
| Palmer Station | Sunday, September 2 | Sunday, April 29 | |
| Troll Station | Thursday, March 1* | Sunday, October 28 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Argentina | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Armenia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Aruba | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 7 | Sunday, April 1 |
| Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 2012 | ||
| Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 7 | Sunday, April 1 | |
| Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Azerbaijan | Most locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Xankendi | No DST in 2012 | ||
| Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Barbados | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Belarus | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Belize | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Benin | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, March 11 | Sunday, November 4 |
| Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Botswana | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Brazil | Most locations | Sunday, October 21 | Sunday, February 26 |
| Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, regions of Mato Grosso | No DST in 2012 | ||
| Bahia | Does not start this year | Sunday, February 26 | |
| Tocantins | Sunday, October 21 | Does not end this year | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Brunei | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Burundi | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Canada | Most locations | Sunday, March 11 | Sunday, November 4 |
| Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 2012 | ||
| Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Chad | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Chile | Most locations | Sunday, September 2 | Sunday, April 29 |
| Easter Island | Saturday, September 1 | Saturday, April 28 | |
| China | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Colombia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Comoros | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Congo | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Cuba | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, November 4 |
| Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Dominica | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| East Timor | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Egypt | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Falkland Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Fiji | All locations | Sunday, October 21 | Sunday, January 22 |
| Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| France | Most locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 2012 | ||
| French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Gabon | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Gambia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Georgia | Most locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Sukhumi | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 | |
| Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Ghana | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 24 | Saturday, October 27 |
| Some locations | No DST in 2012 | ||
| Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 | |
| Pituffik | Sunday, March 11 | Sunday, November 4 | |
| Grenada | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Guam | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Guyana | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Haiti | All locations | Sunday, March 11 | Sunday, November 4 |
| Honduras | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Iceland | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| India | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Iran | All locations | Wednesday, March 21 | Friday, September 21 |
| Iraq | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Israel | All locations | Friday, March 30 | Sunday, September 23 |
| Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Japan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Jordan | All locations | Friday, March 30 | Does not end this year |
| Kazakhstan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Kenya | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Laos | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Liberia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Libya | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Macau | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Malawi | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Maldives | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Mali | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Martinique | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Mexico | Most locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León | Sunday, March 11 | Sunday, November 4 | |
| Sonora | No DST in 2012 | ||
| Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Mongolia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Morocco | All locations | Sunday, April 29* | Sunday, September 30* |
| Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Namibia | All locations | Sunday, September 2 | Sunday, April 1 |
| Nauru | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Nepal | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 2012 | ||
| New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, September 30 | Sunday, April 1 |
| Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Niger | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Niue | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| North Korea | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Oman | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Palau | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Palestine | All locations | Friday, March 30 | Friday, September 21 |
| Panama | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 7 | Sunday, April 8 |
| Peru | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Philippines | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Qatar | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Reunion | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Russia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, March 11 | Sunday, November 4 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Samoa | All locations | Sunday, September 30 | Sunday, April 1 |
| San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Senegal | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Singapore | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Somalia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| South Africa | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| South Korea | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Suriname | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Syria | All locations | Friday, March 30 | Friday, October 26 |
| Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Thailand | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, March 11 | Sunday, November 4 |
| Togo | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Tonga | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Turkey | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 11 | Sunday, November 4 |
| Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Uganda | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Ukraine | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| United States | Most locations | Sunday, March 11 | Sunday, November 4 |
| Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska | No DST in 2012 | ||
| Uruguay | All locations | Sunday, October 7 | Sunday, March 11 |
| US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 25 | Sunday, October 28 |
| Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Western Sahara | All locations | Sunday, April 29* | Sunday, September 30* |
| Yemen | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Zambia | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 2012 | |
| * Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed. | |||