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Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2011

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Daylight saving time is also called summer time or daylight savings time. When DST is not observed, it is called standard time, normal time or winter time.

This list displays a brief (but not complete) overview over which countries and territories that observed DST during 2011.

Detailed information is available for the first half of 2011 and the second half of 2011.

Country	Region/states	Example location	DST start date	DST end date
Afghanistan	All locations	Kabul	No DST in 2011
Albania	All locations	Tirana	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Algeria	All locations	Algiers	No DST in 2011
Andorra	All locations	Andorra La Vella	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Angola	All locations	Luanda	No DST in 2011
Anguilla	All locations	The Valley	No DST in 2011
Antarctica	Most locations	Mawson	No DST in 2011
Antarctica	Some locations	South Pole	Sunday, September 25	Sunday, April 3
Antigua and Barbuda	All locations	Saint John's	No DST in 2011
Argentina	All locations	Buenos Aires	No DST in 2011
Armenia	All locations	Yerevan	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Aruba	All locations	Oranjestad	No DST in 2011
Australia	South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales, much of Tasmania	Melbourne	Sunday, October 2	Sunday, April 3
	Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island	Brisbane	No DST in 2011
	Lord Howe Island	Lord Howe Island	Sunday, October 2	Sunday, April 3
	Other	Macquarie Island	DST all year in 2011
Austria	All locations	Vienna	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Azerbaijan	All locations	Baku	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Bahrain	All locations	Manama	No DST in 2011
Bangladesh	All locations	Dhaka	No DST in 2011
Barbados	All locations	Bridgetown	No DST in 2011
Belarus	All locations	Minsk	Sunday, March 27	Does not end this year
Belgium	All locations	Brussels	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Belize	All locations	Belmopan	No DST in 2011
Benin	All locations	Porto Novo	No DST in 2011
Bermuda	All locations	Hamilton	Sunday, March 13	Sunday, November 6
Bhutan	All locations	Thimphu	No DST in 2011
Bolivia	All locations	La Paz	No DST in 2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina	All locations	Sarajevo	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Botswana	All locations	Gaborone	No DST in 2011
Brazil	Most locations	Rio de Janeiro	Sunday, October 16	Sunday, February 20
	Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Para, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins	Manaus	No DST in 2011
	Bahia	Salvador	Sunday, October 16	Does not end this year
	much of Mato Grosso	Barra do Garças	Does not start this year	Saturday, February 19
British Indian Ocean Territory	All locations	Diego Garcia	No DST in 2011
British Virgin Islands	All locations	Road Town	No DST in 2011
Brunei	All locations	Bandar Seri Begawan	No DST in 2011
Bulgaria	All locations	Sofia	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Burkina Faso	All locations	Ouagadougou	No DST in 2011
Burundi	All locations	Bujumbura	No DST in 2011
Cambodia	All locations	Phnom Penh	No DST in 2011
Cameroon	All locations	Yaoundé	No DST in 2011
Canada	Most locations	Montreal	Sunday, March 13	Sunday, November 6
Canada	much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut Territory, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario	Regina	No DST in 2011
Cape Verde	All locations	Praia	No DST in 2011
Cayman Islands	All locations	George Town	No DST in 2011
Central African Republic	All locations	Bangui	No DST in 2011
Chad	All locations	Ndjamena	No DST in 2011
Chile	Most locations	Santiago	Sunday, August 21	Sunday, May 8
Chile	Other	Easter Island	Saturday, August 20	Saturday, May 7
China	All locations	Beijing	No DST in 2011
Colombia	All locations	Bogota	No DST in 2011
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	All locations	Saipan	No DST in 2011
Comoros	All locations	Moroni	No DST in 2011
Cook Islands	All locations	Rarotonga	No DST in 2011
Costa Rica	All locations	San Jose	No DST in 2011
Cote d'Ivoire	All locations	Yamoussoukro	No DST in 2011
Croatia	All locations	Zagreb	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Cuba	All locations	Havana	Sunday, March 20	Sunday, November 13
Curaçao	All locations	Willemstad	No DST in 2011
Cyprus	All locations	Nicosia	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Czech Republic	All locations	Prague	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Democratic Republic of the Congo	All locations	Kinshasa	No DST in 2011
Denmark	All locations	Copenhagen	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte	All locations	Mamoutzou	No DST in 2011
Djibouti	All locations	Djibouti	No DST in 2011
Dominica	All locations	Roseau	No DST in 2011
Dominican Republic	All locations	Santo Domingo	No DST in 2011
East Timor	All locations	Dili	No DST in 2011
Ecuador	All locations	Quito	No DST in 2011
Egypt	All locations	Cairo	No DST in 2011
El Salvador	All locations	San Salvador	No DST in 2011
Equatorial Guinea	All locations	Malabo	No DST in 2011
Eritrea	All locations	Asmara	No DST in 2011
Estonia	All locations	Tallinn	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Ethiopia	All locations	Addis Ababa	No DST in 2011
Falkland Islands	All locations	Stanley	DST all year in 2011
Färöer	All locations	Tórshavn	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Fiji	All locations	Suva	Sunday, October 23	Sunday, March 6
Finland	All locations	Helsinki	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
France	Most locations	Paris	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
France	Tahiti, New Caledonia, Marquesas Islands	Papeete	No DST in 2011
Französisch-Guayana	All locations	Cayenne	No DST in 2011
Französisch-Polynesien	All locations	Gambier Islands	No DST in 2011
Gabon	All locations	Libreville	No DST in 2011
Gaza Strip	All locations	Gaza	Saturday, April 2	Monday, August 1
Georgia	All locations	Tbilisi	No DST in 2011
Germany	All locations	Berlin	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Ghana	All locations	Accra	No DST in 2011
Gibraltar	All locations	Gibraltar	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Greece	All locations	Athens	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Greenland	Some locations	Nuuk	Saturday, March 26	Saturday, October 29
		Ittoqqortoormiit	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
		Danmarkshavn	No DST in 2011
		Qaanaaq	Sunday, March 13	Sunday, November 6
Grenada	All locations	Saint George's	No DST in 2011
Guadeloupe	All locations	Basse-Terre	No DST in 2011
Guatemala	All locations	Guatemala	No DST in 2011
Guinea	All locations	Conakry	No DST in 2011
Guinea-Bissau	All locations	Bissau	No DST in 2011
Guyana	All locations	Georgetown	No DST in 2011
Haiti	All locations	Port-au-Prince	No DST in 2011
Holy See (Vatican City)	All locations	Vatican City	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Honduras	All locations	Tegucigalpa	No DST in 2011
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	All locations	Hong Kong	No DST in 2011
Hungary	All locations	Budapest	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Iceland	All locations	Reykjavik	No DST in 2011
India	All locations	New Delhi	No DST in 2011
Indonesia	All locations	Jakarta	No DST in 2011
Iran	All locations	Tehran	Tuesday, March 22	Thursday, September 22
Iraq	All locations	Baghdad	No DST in 2011
Ireland	All locations	Dublin	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Isle of Man	All locations	Douglas	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Israel	All locations	Jerusalem	Friday, April 1	Sunday, October 2
Italy	All locations	Rome	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Jamaica	All locations	Kingston	No DST in 2011
Japan	All locations	Tokyo	No DST in 2011
Jordan	All locations	Amman	Friday, April 1	Friday, October 28
Kazakhstan	All locations	Almaty	No DST in 2011
Kenya	All locations	Nairobi	No DST in 2011
Kerguelen	All locations	Port-aux-Francais	No DST in 2011
Kiribati	All locations	Kiritimati	No DST in 2011
Kosovo	All locations	Pristina	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Kuwait	All locations	Kuwait City	No DST in 2011
Kyrgyzstan	All locations	Bishkek	No DST in 2011
Laos	All locations	Vientiane	No DST in 2011
Latvia	All locations	Riga	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Lebanon	All locations	Beirut	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Lesotho	All locations	Maseru	No DST in 2011
Liberia	All locations	Monrovia	No DST in 2011
Libya	All locations	Tripoli	No DST in 2011
Liechtenstein	All locations	Vaduz	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Lithuania	All locations	Vilnius	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Luxembourg	All locations	Luxembourg	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Macau Special Administrative Region	All locations	Macau	No DST in 2011
Macedonia, Republic of	All locations	Skopje	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Madagascar	All locations	Antananarivo	No DST in 2011
Malawi	All locations	Lilongwe	No DST in 2011
Malaysia	All locations	Kuala Lumpur	No DST in 2011
Maldives	All locations	Male	No DST in 2011
Mali	All locations	Bamako	No DST in 2011
Malta	All locations	Valletta	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Marshall Islands	All locations	Majuro	No DST in 2011
Martinique	All locations	Fort-de-France	No DST in 2011
Mauritania	All locations	Nouakchott	No DST in 2011
Mauritius	All locations	Port Louis	No DST in 2011
Mexico	Most locations	Mexico City	Sunday, April 3	Sunday, October 30
	Baja California, much of Chihuahua, Tamaulipas	Mexicali	Sunday, March 13	Sunday, November 6
	Sonora	Hermosillo	No DST in 2011
Micronesia	All locations	Palikir	No DST in 2011
Moldova	All locations	Chisinau	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Monaco	All locations	Monaco	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Mongolia	All locations	Ulaanbaatar	No DST in 2011
Montenegro	All locations	Podgorica	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Montserrat	All locations	Brades	No DST in 2011
Morocco	All locations	Casablanca	Sunday, April 3	Sunday, July 31
Mozambique	All locations	Maputo	No DST in 2011
Myanmar	All locations	Yangon	No DST in 2011
Namibia	All locations	Windhoek	Sunday, September 4	Sunday, April 3
Nauru	All locations	Yaren	No DST in 2011
Nepal	All locations	Kathmandu	No DST in 2011
Netherlands	Most locations	Amsterdam	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Netherlands	Other	Kralendijk (Bonaire)	No DST in 2011
New Zealand	All locations	Auckland	Sunday, September 25	Sunday, April 3
Nicaragua	All locations	Managua	No DST in 2011
Niger	All locations	Niamey	No DST in 2011
Nigeria	All locations	Lagos	No DST in 2011
Niue	All locations	Alofi	No DST in 2011
Norfolkinsel	All locations	Kingston	No DST in 2011
North Korea	All locations	Pyongyang	No DST in 2011
Norway	All locations	Oslo	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Oman	All locations	Muscat	No DST in 2011
Pakistan	All locations	Islamabad	No DST in 2011
Palau	All locations	Melekeok	No DST in 2011
Panama	All locations	Panama	No DST in 2011
Papua New Guinea	All locations	Port Moresby	No DST in 2011
Paraguay	All locations	Asuncion	Sunday, October 2	Sunday, April 10
Peru	All locations	Lima	No DST in 2011
Philippines	All locations	Manila	No DST in 2011
Pitcairninseln	All locations	Adamstown	No DST in 2011
Poland	All locations	Warsaw	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Portugal	All locations	Lisbon	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Puerto Rico	All locations	San Juan	No DST in 2011
Qatar	All locations	Doha	No DST in 2011
Republic of South Sudan	All locations	Juba	No DST in 2011
Republic of the Congo	All locations	Brazzaville	No DST in 2011
Reunion	All locations	Saint-Denis	No DST in 2011
Romania	All locations	Bucharest	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Russia	Most locations	Moscow	Sunday, March 27	Does not end this year
Russia	Some locations	Anadyr	No DST in 2011
Rwanda	All locations	Kigali	No DST in 2011
Saint Kitts and Nevis	All locations	Basseterre	No DST in 2011
Saint Lucia	All locations	Castries	No DST in 2011
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	All locations	Kingstown	No DST in 2011
Samoa	All locations	Apia	Saturday, September 24	Saturday, April 2
San Marino	All locations	San Marino	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Sao Tome and Principe	All locations	São Tomé	No DST in 2011
Saudi Arabia	All locations	Riyadh	No DST in 2011
Senegal	All locations	Dakar	No DST in 2011
Serbia	All locations	Belgrade	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Seychelles	All locations	Victoria	No DST in 2011
Sierra Leone	All locations	Freetown	No DST in 2011
Singapore	All locations	Singapore	No DST in 2011
Sint Maarten	All locations	Philipsburg	No DST in 2011
Slovakia	All locations	Bratislava	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Slovenia	All locations	Ljubljana	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Solomon Islands	All locations	Honiara	No DST in 2011
Somalia	All locations	Mogadishu	No DST in 2011
South Africa	All locations	Johannesburg	No DST in 2011
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	All locations	King Edward Point	No DST in 2011
South Korea	All locations	Seoul	No DST in 2011
Spain	All locations	Madrid	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Sri Lanka	All locations	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	No DST in 2011
St. Helena	All locations	Jamestown	No DST in 2011
Sudan	All locations	Khartoum	No DST in 2011
Suriname	All locations	Paramaribo	No DST in 2011
Swaziland	All locations	Mbabane	No DST in 2011
Sweden	All locations	Stockholm	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Switzerland	All locations	Zürich	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
Syria	All locations	Damascus	Friday, April 1	Friday, October 28
Taiwan	All locations	Taipei	No DST in 2011
Tajikistan	All locations	Dushanbe	No DST in 2011
Tanzania	All locations	Dar es Salaam	No DST in 2011
Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon	All locations	Saint-Pierre	Sunday, March 13	Sunday, November 6
Territory of American Samoa	All locations	Pago Pago	No DST in 2011
Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands	All locations	Bantam	No DST in 2011
Territory of Guam	All locations	Guam (Hagåtña)	No DST in 2011
Thailand	All locations	Bangkok	No DST in 2011
The Bahamas	All locations	Nassau	Sunday, March 13	Sunday, November 6
The Gambia	All locations	Banjul	No DST in 2011
Togo	All locations	Lome	No DST in 2011
Tokelau	All locations	Fakaofo	No DST in 2011
Tonga	All locations	Nukualofa	No DST in 2011
Trinidad and Tobago	All locations	Port of Spain	No DST in 2011
Tunisia	All locations	Tunis	No DST in 2011
Turkey	All locations	Ankara	Monday, March 28	Sunday, October 30
Turkmenistan	All locations	Ashgabat	No DST in 2011
Turks and Caicos Islands	All locations	Cockburn Town	Sunday, March 13	Sunday, November 6
Tuvalu	All locations	Funafuti	No DST in 2011
Uganda	All locations	Kampala	No DST in 2011
Ukraine	All locations	Kyiv	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
United Arab Emirates	All locations	Dubai	No DST in 2011
United Kingdom	All locations	London	Sunday, March 27	Sunday, October 30
United States	Most locations	Washington DC	Sunday, March 13	Sunday, November 6
United States	Hawaii, Arizona, Midway Islands, Wake Island	Honolulu	No DST in 2011
United States Virgin Islands	All locations	Charlotte Amalie	No DST in 2011
Uruguay	All locations	Montevideo	Sunday, October 2	Sunday, March 13
Uzbekistan	All locations	Tashkent	No DST in 2011
Vanuatu	All locations	Port Vila	No DST in 2011
Venezuela	All locations	Caracas	No DST in 2011
Vietnam	All locations	Hanoi	No DST in 2011
Wallis und Futuna	All locations	Mata-Utu	No DST in 2011
West Bank	All locations	Bethlehem	Friday, April 1*	Friday, September 30*
Western Sahara	All locations	El Aaiún	Sunday, April 3	Sunday, July 31
Yemen	All locations	Sana	No DST in 2011
Zambia	All locations	Lusaka	No DST in 2011
Zimbabwe	All locations	Harare	No DST in 2011

Daylight Saving Time statistics for 2011

Daylight Saving Time observance?	Count
Countries and territories which do not observe DST at all	159
Countries and territories where at least one location observe DST	80
–Countries and territories where all locations observe DST some part of the year	69
–Countries and territories where many, but not all locations observe DST	10
–Countries and territories which observe DST all year	1

Daylight Saving Time for other years

Yearly overview	January–June	July–December
2009	first half of 2009	second half of 2009
2010	first half of 2010	second half of 2010
2011	first half of 2011	second half of 2011
2012	first half of 2012	second half of 2012

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