Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2015

Who has DST in 2015?

Areas having DST in some period during 2015
No DST in 2015

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 2015. For more details, see information for the first half of 2015and the second half of 2015.

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 2015
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2015
Åland Islands All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Albania All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Algeria All locations No DST in 2015
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2015
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Angola All locations No DST in 2015
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2015
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2015
Some locations Sunday, September 27 Sunday, April 5
Palmer Station DST all year in 2015
Troll Station Sunday, March 1* Sunday, October 25
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2015
Argentina All locations No DST in 2015
Armenia All locations No DST in 2015
Aruba All locations No DST in 2015
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 4 Sunday, April 5
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia No DST in 2015
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 4 Sunday, April 5
Austria All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Azerbaijan Most locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Xankendi No DST in 2015
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2015
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2015
Barbados All locations No DST in 2015
Belarus All locations No DST in 2015
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Belize All locations No DST in 2015
Benin All locations No DST in 2015
Bermuda All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2015
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Botswana All locations No DST in 2015
Brazil Most locations Sunday, October 18 Sunday, February 22
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins, regions of Mato Grosso No DST in 2015
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2015
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Brunei All locations No DST in 2015
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2015
Burundi All locations No DST in 2015
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2015
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2015
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2015
Canada Most locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 2015
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2015
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2015
Chad All locations No DST in 2015
Chile All locations DST all year in 2015
China All locations No DST in 2015
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2015
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2015
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Colombia All locations No DST in 2015
Comoros All locations No DST in 2015
Congo All locations No DST in 2015
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2015
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2015
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2015
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Cuba All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2015
Cyprus All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Czechia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Denmark All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Djibouti All locations No DST in 2015
Dominica All locations No DST in 2015
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2015
East Timor All locations No DST in 2015
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2015
Egypt All locations No DST in 2015
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2015
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2015
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2015
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2015
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2015
Falkland Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Fiji All locations Sunday, November 1 Sunday, January 18
Finland All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
France Most locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2015
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2015
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2015
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2015
Gabon All locations No DST in 2015
Gambia All locations No DST in 2015
Georgia All locations No DST in 2015
Germany All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Ghana All locations No DST in 2015
Gibraltar All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Greece All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Greenland Most locations Saturday, March 28 Saturday, October 24
Some locations No DST in 2015
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Pituffik Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Grenada All locations No DST in 2015
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2015
Guam All locations No DST in 2015
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2015
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Guinea All locations No DST in 2015
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2015
Guyana All locations No DST in 2015
Haiti All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Honduras All locations No DST in 2015
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2015
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Iceland All locations No DST in 2015
India All locations No DST in 2015
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2015
Iran All locations Sunday, March 22 Tuesday, September 22
Iraq All locations No DST in 2015
Ireland All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Isle of Man All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Israel All locations Friday, March 27 Sunday, October 25
Italy All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2015
Japan All locations No DST in 2015
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Jordan All locations Friday, March 27 Friday, October 30
Kazakhstan All locations No DST in 2015
Kenya All locations No DST in 2015
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2015
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2015
Kyrgyzstan All locations No DST in 2015
Laos All locations No DST in 2015
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2015
Liberia All locations No DST in 2015
Libya All locations No DST in 2015
Liechtenstein All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Lithuania All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Luxembourg All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Macau All locations No DST in 2015
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2015
Malawi All locations No DST in 2015
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2015
Maldives All locations No DST in 2015
Mali All locations No DST in 2015
Malta All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Martinique All locations No DST in 2015
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2015
Mauritius All locations No DST in 2015
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2015
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 5 Sunday, October 25
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Sonora, Quintana Roo No DST in 2015
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2015
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Mongolia All locations Saturday, March 28 Saturday, September 26
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2015
Morocco All locations Sunday, March 29* Sunday, October 25*
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2015
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2015
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 6 Sunday, April 5
Nauru All locations No DST in 2015
Nepal All locations No DST in 2015
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2015
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2015
New Zealand All locations Sunday, September 27 Sunday, April 5
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2015
Niger All locations No DST in 2015
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2015
Niue All locations No DST in 2015
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2015
North Korea All locations No DST in 2015
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Norway All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Oman All locations No DST in 2015
Pakistan All locations No DST in 2015
Palau All locations No DST in 2015
Palestine All locations Saturday, March 28 Friday, October 23
Panama All locations No DST in 2015
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2015
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 4 Sunday, March 22
Peru All locations No DST in 2015
Philippines All locations No DST in 2015
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Poland All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Portugal All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Puerto Rico All locations No DST in 2015
Qatar All locations No DST in 2015
Reunion All locations No DST in 2015
Romania All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Russia All locations No DST in 2015
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2015
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2015
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2015
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2015
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2015
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2015
Samoa All locations Sunday, September 27 Sunday, April 5
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2015
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2015
Senegal All locations No DST in 2015
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2015
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2015
Singapore All locations No DST in 2015
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2015
Slovakia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Slovenia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Solomon Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Somalia All locations No DST in 2015
South Africa All locations No DST in 2015
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2015
South Korea All locations No DST in 2015
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2015
Spain All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2015
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2015
Sudan All locations No DST in 2015
Suriname All locations No DST in 2015
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Syria All locations Friday, March 27 Friday, October 30
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2015
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2015
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2015
Thailand All locations No DST in 2015
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Togo All locations No DST in 2015
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2015
Tonga All locations No DST in 2015
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2015
Tunisia All locations No DST in 2015
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, November 8
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2015
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2015
Uganda All locations No DST in 2015
Ukraine Most locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Auton. Republic of Crimea, much of Luhansk, much of Donetsk No DST in 2015
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2015
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
United States Most locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska No DST in 2015
Uruguay All locations Does not start this year Sunday, March 8
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2015
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2015
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2015
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2015
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2015
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2015
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2015
Western Sahara All locations Sunday, March 29* Sunday, October 25*
Yemen All locations No DST in 2015
Zambia All locations No DST in 2015
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2015
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.