Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1978
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 1978. For more details, see information for the first half of 1978 and the second half of 1978.
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 1978 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Albania | All locations | Saturday, May 6 | Sunday, October 1 |
Algeria | All locations | Friday, March 24 | Friday, September 22 |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Andorra | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Some locations | Sunday, October 29 | Sunday, March 5 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Armenia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 29 | Sunday, March 5 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 1978 | ||
Austria | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Azerbaijan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Barbados | All locations | Sunday, April 16 | Sunday, October 1 |
Belarus | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 1 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 29 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Brazil | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 29 |
Northwest Territories, much of Saskatchewan, Nunavut, Yukon, small region of British Columbia, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 1978 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 15 | Sunday, March 12 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 14 | Saturday, March 11 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | Sunday, November 12 | Does not end this year |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Croatia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, May 7 | Sunday, October 8 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, April 2 | Monday, October 2 |
Czechia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Denmark | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Egypt | All locations | Monday, May 1 | Sunday, October 1 |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Estonia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Faroe Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Finland | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
France | Most locations | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 1 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1978 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Georgia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Germany | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, September 24 |
Greenland | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 19 | Sunday, October 29 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Haiti | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Hungary | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Iran | All locations | Tuesday, March 21 | Saturday, October 21 |
Iraq | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 19 | Sunday, October 29 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 19 | Sunday, October 29 |
Israel | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, May 28 | Sunday, October 1 |
Jamaica | All locations | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 29 |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 19 | Sunday, October 29 |
Jordan | All locations | Sunday, April 30 | Saturday, September 30 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Kosovo | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Latvia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, April 30 | Saturday, September 30 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Lithuania | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 1 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, April 16 | Sunday, September 17 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Mexico | Most locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Baja California | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 29 | |
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Moldova | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 1 |
Mongolia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Montenegro | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Morocco | All locations | Thursday, June 1 | Friday, August 4 |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Namibia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 1 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 1978 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | Sunday, December 3 | Monday, February 27 |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, October 29 | Sunday, March 5 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Norway | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Palestine | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 1 | Wednesday, March 1 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Philippines | All locations | Wednesday, March 22 | Thursday, September 21 |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 1 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 1 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Romania | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Russia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, May 28 | Sunday, October 1 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Serbia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Slovakia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Slovenia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
South Sudan | All locations | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 15 |
Spain | Most locations | Sunday, April 2 | Sunday, October 1 |
Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Las Palmas, Canary Islands | No DST in 1978 | ||
Ceuta, Melilla | Thursday, June 1 | Friday, August 4 | |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Sudan | All locations | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 15 |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Sweden | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Switzerland | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Syria | All locations | Monday, May 1 | Friday, September 1 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 29 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Tunisia | All locations | Monday, May 1 | Sunday, October 1 |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, April 2 | Thursday, June 29 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Ukraine | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 19 | Sunday, October 29 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 30 | Sunday, October 29 |
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona | No DST in 1978 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | Sunday, December 17 | Sunday, March 5 |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, May 28 | Sunday, October 1 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | Thursday, June 1 | Friday, August 4 |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 1978 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 1978 |