Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2008

Who has DST in 2008?

Areas having DST in some period during 2008
No DST in 2008

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 2008. For more details, see information for the first half of 2008and the second half of 2008.

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 2008
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2008
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 2008
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2008
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Angola All locations No DST in 2008
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2008
Antarctica Some locations Does not start this year Sunday, March 16
Some locations No DST in 2008
Some locations Sunday, September 28 Sunday, April 6
Orcadas Sunday, October 19 Sunday, March 16
Palmer Station Sunday, October 12 Sunday, March 30
Troll Station Saturday, March 1* Sunday, October 26
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2008
Argentina Most locations Sunday, October 19 Sunday, March 16
Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza, Santa Cruz, Salta, Tierra del Fuego, La Pampa, La Rioja, Rio Negro, San Juan, Neuquén Does not start this year Sunday, March 16
San Luis Sunday, October 12 Sunday, March 9
Armenia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Aruba All locations No DST in 2008
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 5 Sunday, April 6
Queensland, Northern Territory No DST in 2008
Western Australia Sunday, October 26 Sunday, March 30
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 5 Sunday, April 6
Austria All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Azerbaijan All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2008
Bangladesh All locations No DST in 2008
Barbados All locations No DST in 2008
Belarus All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Belize All locations No DST in 2008
Benin All locations No DST in 2008
Bermuda All locations Sunday, March 9 Sunday, November 2
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2008
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Botswana All locations No DST in 2008
Brazil Most locations Sunday, October 19 Sunday, February 17
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins No DST in 2008
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2008
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2008
Brunei All locations No DST in 2008
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2008
Burundi All locations No DST in 2008
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2008
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2008
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2008
Canada Most locations Sunday, March 9 Sunday, November 2
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario No DST in 2008
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2008
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2008
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2008
Chad All locations No DST in 2008
Chile Most locations Sunday, October 12 Sunday, March 30
Easter Island Saturday, October 11 Saturday, March 29
China All locations No DST in 2008
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2008
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2008
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2008
Colombia All locations No DST in 2008
Comoros All locations No DST in 2008
Congo All locations No DST in 2008
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2008
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2008
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2008
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2008
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Cuba All locations Sunday, March 16 Sunday, October 26
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2008
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 2008
Dominica All locations No DST in 2008
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2008
East Timor All locations No DST in 2008
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2008
Egypt All locations Friday, April 25 Friday, August 29
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2008
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2008
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2008
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2008
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2008
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 2008
Finland All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
France Most locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2008
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2008
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2008
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2008
Gabon All locations No DST in 2008
Gambia All locations No DST in 2008
Georgia Most locations No DST in 2008
Sukhumi Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Germany All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Ghana All locations No DST in 2008
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 2008
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Pituffik Sunday, March 9 Sunday, November 2
Grenada All locations No DST in 2008
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2008
Guam All locations No DST in 2008
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2008
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Guinea All locations No DST in 2008
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2008
Guyana All locations No DST in 2008
Haiti All locations No DST in 2008
Honduras All locations No DST in 2008
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2008
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Iceland All locations No DST in 2008
India All locations No DST in 2008
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2008
Iran All locations Friday, March 21 Sunday, September 21
Iraq All locations No DST in 2008
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 Sunday, October 5
Italy All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2008
Japan All locations No DST in 2008
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Jordan All locations Friday, March 28 Friday, October 31
Kazakhstan All locations No DST in 2008
Kenya All locations No DST in 2008
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2008
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2008
Kyrgyzstan All locations No DST in 2008
Laos All locations No DST in 2008
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2008
Liberia All locations No DST in 2008
Libya All locations No DST in 2008
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 2008
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2008
Malawi All locations No DST in 2008
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2008
Maldives All locations No DST in 2008
Mali All locations No DST in 2008
Malta All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2008
Martinique All locations No DST in 2008
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2008
Mauritius All locations Sunday, October 26 Does not end this year
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2008
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 6 Sunday, October 26
Sonora No DST in 2008
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2008
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Mongolia All locations No DST in 2008
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2008
Morocco All locations Sunday, June 1 Monday, September 1
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2008
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2008
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 7 Sunday, April 6
Nauru All locations No DST in 2008
Nepal All locations No DST in 2008
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2008
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2008
New Zealand All locations Sunday, September 28 Sunday, April 6
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2008
Niger All locations No DST in 2008
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2008
Niue All locations No DST in 2008
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2008
North Korea All locations No DST in 2008
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2008
Norway All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Oman All locations No DST in 2008
Pakistan All locations Sunday, June 1 Saturday, November 1
Palau All locations No DST in 2008
Palestine Most locations Friday, March 28 Monday, September 1
Gaza Strip Friday, March 28 Friday, August 29
Panama All locations No DST in 2008
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2008
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 19 Sunday, March 9
Peru All locations No DST in 2008
Philippines All locations No DST in 2008
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2008
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 2008
Qatar All locations No DST in 2008
Reunion All locations No DST in 2008
Romania All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Russia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2008
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2008
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2008
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2008
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2008
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, March 9 Sunday, November 2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2008
Samoa All locations No DST in 2008
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2008
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2008
Senegal All locations No DST in 2008
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2008
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2008
Singapore All locations No DST in 2008
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2008
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 2008
Somalia All locations No DST in 2008
South Africa All locations No DST in 2008
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2008
South Korea All locations No DST in 2008
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2008
Spain All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2008
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2008
Sudan All locations No DST in 2008
Suriname All locations No DST in 2008
Sweden All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Switzerland All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Syria All locations Friday, April 4 Saturday, November 1
Taiwan All locations No DST in 2008
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2008
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2008
Thailand All locations No DST in 2008
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, March 9 Sunday, November 2
Togo All locations No DST in 2008
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2008
Tonga All locations No DST in 2008
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2008
Tunisia All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2008
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, March 9 Sunday, November 2
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2008
Uganda All locations No DST in 2008
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2008
United Kingdom All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
United States Most locations Sunday, March 9 Sunday, November 2
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska No DST in 2008
Uruguay All locations Sunday, October 5 Sunday, March 9
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2008
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2008
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2008
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2008
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 30 Sunday, October 26
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2008
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2008
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2008
Western Sahara All locations Sunday, June 1 Monday, September 1
Yemen All locations No DST in 2008
Zambia All locations No DST in 2008
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2008
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.