Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2009

Who has DST in 2009?

Areas having DST in some period during 2009
No DST in 2009

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 2009. For more details, see information for the first half of 2009 and the second half of 2009.

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 2009
Country Regions/States DST Start Date DST End Date
Afghanistan All locations No DST in 2009
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 2009
American Samoa All locations No DST in 2009
Andorra All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Angola All locations No DST in 2009
Anguilla All locations No DST in 2009
Antarctica Most locations No DST in 2009
Some locations Sunday, September 27 Sunday, April 5
Orcadas Does not start this year Sunday, March 15
Palmer Station Sunday, October 11 Sunday, March 15
Troll Station Sunday, March 1* Sunday, October 25
Antigua and Barbuda All locations No DST in 2009
Argentina Most locations Does not start this year Sunday, March 15
Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza, Santa Cruz, Salta, Tierra del Fuego, La Pampa, La Rioja, Rio Negro, San Juan, Neuquén No DST in 2009
San Luis Does not start this year Sunday, March 8
Armenia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Aruba All locations No DST in 2009
Australia Most locations Sunday, October 4 Sunday, April 5
Queensland, Northern Territory No DST in 2009
Western Australia Does not start this year Sunday, March 29
Lord Howe Island Sunday, October 4 Sunday, April 5
Austria All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Azerbaijan All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Bahrain All locations No DST in 2009
Bangladesh All locations Friday, June 19 Thursday, December 31
Barbados All locations No DST in 2009
Belarus All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Belgium All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Belize All locations No DST in 2009
Benin All locations No DST in 2009
Bermuda All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Bhutan All locations No DST in 2009
Bolivia All locations No DST in 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Botswana All locations No DST in 2009
Brazil Most locations Sunday, October 18 Sunday, February 15
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins No DST in 2009
British Indian Ocean Territory All locations No DST in 2009
British Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2009
Brunei All locations No DST in 2009
Bulgaria All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Burkina Faso All locations No DST in 2009
Burundi All locations No DST in 2009
Cabo Verde All locations No DST in 2009
Cambodia All locations No DST in 2009
Cameroon All locations No DST in 2009
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 2009
Caribbean Netherlands All locations No DST in 2009
Cayman Islands All locations No DST in 2009
Central African Republic All locations No DST in 2009
Chad All locations No DST in 2009
Chile Most locations Sunday, October 11 Sunday, March 15
Easter Island Saturday, October 10 Saturday, March 14
China All locations No DST in 2009
Christmas Island All locations No DST in 2009
Clipperton Island All locations No DST in 2009
Cocos (Keeling) Islands All locations No DST in 2009
Colombia All locations No DST in 2009
Comoros All locations No DST in 2009
Congo All locations No DST in 2009
Congo Democratic Republic All locations No DST in 2009
Cook Islands All locations No DST in 2009
Costa Rica All locations No DST in 2009
Cote d'Ivoire All locations No DST in 2009
Croatia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Cuba All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, October 25
Curaçao All locations No DST in 2009
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 2009
Dominica All locations No DST in 2009
Dominican Republic All locations No DST in 2009
East Timor All locations No DST in 2009
Ecuador All locations No DST in 2009
Egypt All locations Friday, April 24 Friday, August 21
El Salvador All locations No DST in 2009
Equatorial Guinea All locations No DST in 2009
Eritrea All locations No DST in 2009
Estonia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Eswatini All locations No DST in 2009
Ethiopia All locations No DST in 2009
Falkland Islands All locations Sunday, September 6 Sunday, April 19
Faroe Islands All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Fiji All locations Sunday, November 29 Does not end this year
Finland All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
France Most locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Port-aux-Francais No DST in 2009
French Guiana All locations No DST in 2009
French Polynesia All locations No DST in 2009
French Southern Territories All locations No DST in 2009
Gabon All locations No DST in 2009
Gambia All locations No DST in 2009
Georgia Most locations No DST in 2009
Sukhumi Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Germany All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Ghana All locations No DST in 2009
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 2009
Ittoqqortoormiit Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Pituffik Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Grenada All locations No DST in 2009
Guadeloupe All locations No DST in 2009
Guam All locations No DST in 2009
Guatemala All locations No DST in 2009
Guernsey All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Guinea All locations No DST in 2009
Guinea-Bissau All locations No DST in 2009
Guyana All locations No DST in 2009
Haiti All locations No DST in 2009
Honduras All locations No DST in 2009
Hong Kong All locations No DST in 2009
Hungary All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Iceland All locations No DST in 2009
India All locations No DST in 2009
Indonesia All locations No DST in 2009
Iran All locations Sunday, March 22 Tuesday, September 22
Iraq All locations No DST in 2009
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, September 27
Italy All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Jamaica All locations No DST in 2009
Japan All locations No DST in 2009
Jersey All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Jordan All locations Friday, March 27 Friday, October 30
Kazakhstan All locations No DST in 2009
Kenya All locations No DST in 2009
Kiribati All locations No DST in 2009
Kosovo All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Kuwait All locations No DST in 2009
Kyrgyzstan All locations No DST in 2009
Laos All locations No DST in 2009
Latvia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Lebanon All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Lesotho All locations No DST in 2009
Liberia All locations No DST in 2009
Libya All locations No DST in 2009
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 2009
Madagascar All locations No DST in 2009
Malawi All locations No DST in 2009
Malaysia All locations No DST in 2009
Maldives All locations No DST in 2009
Mali All locations No DST in 2009
Malta All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Marshall Islands All locations No DST in 2009
Martinique All locations No DST in 2009
Mauritania All locations No DST in 2009
Mauritius All locations Does not start this year Sunday, March 29
Mayotte All locations No DST in 2009
Mexico Most locations Sunday, April 5 Sunday, October 25
Sonora No DST in 2009
Micronesia All locations No DST in 2009
Moldova All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Monaco All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Mongolia All locations No DST in 2009
Montenegro All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Montserrat All locations No DST in 2009
Morocco All locations Monday, June 1 Friday, August 21
Mozambique All locations No DST in 2009
Myanmar All locations No DST in 2009
Namibia All locations Sunday, September 6 Sunday, April 5
Nauru All locations No DST in 2009
Nepal All locations No DST in 2009
Netherlands Most locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Saba, Sint Eustatius No DST in 2009
New Caledonia All locations No DST in 2009
New Zealand All locations Sunday, September 27 Sunday, April 5
Nicaragua All locations No DST in 2009
Niger All locations No DST in 2009
Nigeria All locations No DST in 2009
Niue All locations No DST in 2009
Norfolk Island All locations No DST in 2009
North Korea All locations No DST in 2009
North Macedonia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Northern Mariana Islands All locations No DST in 2009
Norway All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Oman All locations No DST in 2009
Pakistan All locations Wednesday, April 15 Sunday, November 1
Palau All locations No DST in 2009
Palestine All locations Friday, March 27 Friday, September 4
Panama All locations No DST in 2009
Papua New Guinea All locations No DST in 2009
Paraguay All locations Sunday, October 18 Sunday, March 8
Peru All locations No DST in 2009
Philippines All locations No DST in 2009
Pitcairn Islands All locations No DST in 2009
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 2009
Qatar All locations No DST in 2009
Reunion All locations No DST in 2009
Romania All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Russia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Rwanda All locations No DST in 2009
Saint Helena All locations No DST in 2009
Saint Kitts and Nevis All locations No DST in 2009
Saint Lucia All locations No DST in 2009
Saint Martin All locations No DST in 2009
Saint Pierre and Miquelon All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All locations No DST in 2009
Samoa All locations No DST in 2009
San Marino All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Sao Tome and Principe All locations No DST in 2009
Saudi Arabia All locations No DST in 2009
Senegal All locations No DST in 2009
Serbia All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Seychelles All locations No DST in 2009
Sierra Leone All locations No DST in 2009
Singapore All locations No DST in 2009
Sint Maarten All locations No DST in 2009
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 2009
Somalia All locations No DST in 2009
South Africa All locations No DST in 2009
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. All locations No DST in 2009
South Korea All locations No DST in 2009
South Sudan All locations No DST in 2009
Spain All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Sri Lanka All locations No DST in 2009
St. Barts All locations No DST in 2009
Sudan All locations No DST in 2009
Suriname All locations No DST in 2009
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 2009
Tajikistan All locations No DST in 2009
Tanzania All locations No DST in 2009
Thailand All locations No DST in 2009
The Bahamas All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Togo All locations No DST in 2009
Tokelau All locations No DST in 2009
Tonga All locations No DST in 2009
Trinidad and Tobago All locations No DST in 2009
Tunisia All locations No DST in 2009
Turkey All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Turkmenistan All locations No DST in 2009
Turks and Caicos Islands All locations Sunday, March 8 Sunday, November 1
Tuvalu All locations No DST in 2009
Uganda All locations No DST in 2009
Ukraine All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
United Arab Emirates All locations No DST in 2009
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 2009
Uruguay All locations Sunday, October 4 Sunday, March 8
US Minor Outlying Islands All locations No DST in 2009
US Virgin Islands All locations No DST in 2009
Uzbekistan All locations No DST in 2009
Vanuatu All locations No DST in 2009
Vatican City (Holy See) All locations Sunday, March 29 Sunday, October 25
Venezuela All locations No DST in 2009
Vietnam All locations No DST in 2009
Wallis and Futuna All locations No DST in 2009
Western Sahara All locations Monday, June 1 Friday, August 21
Yemen All locations No DST in 2009
Zambia All locations No DST in 2009
Zimbabwe All locations No DST in 2009
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.