Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2005

Who has DST in 2005?

Areas having DST in some period during 2005
No DST in 2005

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 2005. For more details, see information for the first half of 2005 and the second half of 2005.

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 2005
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
AlbaniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
AndorraAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
AntarcticaMost locationsNo DST in 2005
Some locationsSunday, October 2Sunday, March 20
Palmer StationSunday, October 9Sunday, March 13
Troll StationTuesday, March 1*Monday, November 7
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ArgentinaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ArmeniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 30Sunday, March 27
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western AustraliaNo DST in 2005
TasmaniaSunday, October 2Sunday, March 27
Lord Howe IslandSunday, October 30Sunday, March 27
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
AzerbaijanAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BelarusAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
BelizeAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BermudaAll locationsSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BrazilMost locationsSunday, October 16Sunday, February 20
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, TocantinsNo DST in 2005
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 2005
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BulgariaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 2005
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 2005
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 2005
CanadaMost locationsSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 2005
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ChileMost locationsSunday, October 9Sunday, March 13
Easter IslandSaturday, October 8Saturday, March 12
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 2005
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Cook IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 2005
CroatiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
CubaAll locationsDST all year in 2005
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 2005
CyprusAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
CzechiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 2005
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2005
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 2005
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 2005
EgyptAll locationsFriday, April 29Friday, September 30
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
EstoniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 2005
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Falkland IslandsAll locationsSunday, September 4Sunday, April 17
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
FijiAll locationsNo DST in 2005
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
FranceMost locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Port-aux-FrancaisNo DST in 2005
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 2005
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 2005
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
GeorgiaMost locationsNo DST in 2005
SukhumiSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
GibraltarAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 26Saturday, October 29
Some locationsNo DST in 2005
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Thule Air BaseSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 2005
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 2005
GuatemalaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 2005
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
HaitiAll locationsSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 2005
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 2005
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
IranAll locationsTuesday, March 22Thursday, September 22
IraqAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
IsraelAll locationsFriday, April 1Sunday, October 9
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
JamaicaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
JordanAll locationsFriday, April 1Friday, September 30
KazakhstanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 2005
KosovoAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 2005
KyrgyzstanAll locationsSunday, March 27Friday, August 12
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 2005
LatviaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
LebanonAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 2005
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
LibyaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
LithuaniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MauritiusAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MexicoMost locationsSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
SonoraNo DST in 2005
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MoldovaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
MongoliaAll locationsSaturday, March 26Saturday, September 24
MontenegroAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MoroccoAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 2005
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 2005
NamibiaAll locationsSunday, September 4Sunday, April 3
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 2005
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 2005
NetherlandsMost locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Saba, Sint EustatiusNo DST in 2005
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, October 2Sunday, March 20
NicaraguaAll locationsSunday, April 10Sunday, October 2
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 2005
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2005
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
North MacedoniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
PakistanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 2005
PalestineAll locationsFriday, April 15Tuesday, October 4
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ParaguayAll locationsSunday, October 16Sunday, March 13
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 2005
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 2005
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 2005
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
RussiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SerbiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
SloveniaAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 2005
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
South SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SpainAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 2005
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
SyriaAll locationsFriday, April 1Saturday, October 1
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
TajikistanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 2005
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 2005
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 2005
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 2005
TunisiaAll locationsSunday, May 1Friday, September 30
TurkeyAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
TurkmenistanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 2005
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
UkraineAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 2005
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
United StatesMost locationsSunday, April 3Sunday, October 30
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of AlaskaNo DST in 2005
UruguayAll locationsSunday, October 9Sunday, March 27
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2005
UzbekistanAll locationsNo DST in 2005
VanuatuAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, March 27Sunday, October 30
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
Western SaharaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2005
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 2005
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.