Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2010
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 2010. For more details, see information for the first half of 2010 and the second half of 2010.
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 2010 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Some locations | Sunday, September 26 | Sunday, April 4 | |
Palmer Station | Sunday, October 10 | Sunday, April 4 | |
Troll Station | Monday, March 1* | Sunday, October 31 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Armenia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, April 4 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 2010 | ||
Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, April 4 | |
Macquarie Island | DST all year in 2010 | ||
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Belarus | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, March 14 | Sunday, November 7 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Brazil | Most locations | Sunday, October 17 | Sunday, February 21 |
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins | No DST in 2010 | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, March 14 | Sunday, November 7 |
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 2010 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 10 | Sunday, April 4 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 9 | Saturday, April 3 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, March 14 | Sunday, October 31 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Egypt | All locations | Friday, April 30* | Friday, October 1* |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | Does not start this year | Sunday, April 18 |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Fiji | All locations | Sunday, October 24 | Sunday, March 28 |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 2010 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Georgia | Most locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Sukhumi | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 | |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 27 | Saturday, October 30 |
Some locations | No DST in 2010 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 | |
Thule Air Base | Sunday, March 14 | Sunday, November 7 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Haiti | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Iran | All locations | Monday, March 22 | Wednesday, September 22 |
Iraq | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Israel | All locations | Friday, March 26 | Sunday, September 12 |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Jordan | All locations | Friday, March 26 | Friday, October 29 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Mexico | Most locations | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
Baja California, much of Chihuahua, much of Tamaulipas, much of Nuevo León | Sunday, March 14 | Sunday, November 7 | |
Sonora | No DST in 2010 | ||
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Mongolia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Morocco | All locations | Sunday, May 2 | Sunday, August 8 |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Namibia | All locations | Sunday, September 5 | Sunday, April 4 |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 2010 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, September 26 | Sunday, April 4 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Palestine | Most locations | Friday, March 26 | Wednesday, August 11 |
Gaza Strip | Saturday, March 27 | Wednesday, August 11 | |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, April 11 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Russia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, March 14 | Sunday, November 7 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Samoa | All locations | Sunday, September 26 | Does not end this year |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Syria | All locations | Friday, April 2 | Friday, October 29 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, March 14 | Sunday, November 7 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 14 | Sunday, November 7 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Ukraine | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, March 14 | Sunday, November 7 |
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska | No DST in 2010 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, March 14 |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | Sunday, May 2 | Sunday, August 8 |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 2010 | |
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed. |