See The World Clock for list of current times around the world, and which places are observing DST at the moment (marked by * in The World Clock).
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 that observed DST during first half of 2004.
This table is sorted by UTC time, in the order the changes occur.
Click on the example links for more details on the clock change.
Also see the page for second half of 2004 or another page which an overview over start and end times for 2004, sorted by country.
| Local time change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time in UTC | Change from | direction | Change to | Country affected | Example locations |
| Feb 15 at 02:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | back to | Sat 11:00 PM | Brazil - Some of locations observing DST | Brasilia (Distrito Federal) Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro) Sao Paulo (São Paulo) |
| Mar 14 at 03:00:00 | Sat 10:00 PM | back to | Sat 9:00 PM | Chile - Some locations | Easter Island |
| Mar 14 at 03:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | back to | Sat 11:00 PM | Chile - Most locations | Santiago |
| Mar 20 at 14:00:00 | Sun 3:00 AM | back to | Sun 2:00 AM | Antarctica - Some of locations observing DST | South Pole |
| New Zealand - Most locations | Auckland Wellington | ||||
| Mar 20 at 14:00:00 | Sun 3:45 AM | back to | Sun 2:45 AM | New Zealand - Some locations | Chatham Islands |
| Mar 20 at 20:30:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | forward to | Sun 1:00 AM | Iran - All locations | Tehran |
| Mar 25 at 22:00:00 | Midnight Thu-Fri | forward to | Fri 1:00 AM | Jordan - All locations | Amman |
| Mar 26 at 18:00:00 | Sat 2:00 AM | forward to | Sat 3:00 AM | Mongolia - Most locations | Ulaanbaatar |
| Mar 26 at 19:00:00 | Sat 2:00 AM | forward to | Sat 3:00 AM | Mongolia - Some locations | Hovd |
| Mar 27 at 14:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Russian Federation - Some locations | Anadyr Kamchatka |
| Mar 27 at 15:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:30 AM | Australia - Some of locations observing DST | Lord Howe Island (Lord Howe Island) |
| Mar 27 at 15:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Russian Federation - Some locations | Magadan |
| Mar 27 at 16:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Russian Federation - Some locations | Vladivostok |
| Mar 27 at 16:00:00 | Sun 3:00 AM | back to | Sun 2:00 AM | Australia - Some of locations observing DST | Canberra (Australian Capital Territory) Hobart (Tasmania) Melbourne (Victoria) Sydney (New South Wales) |
| Mar 27 at 16:30:00 | Sun 3:00 AM | back to | Sun 2:00 AM | Australia - Some of locations observing DST | Adelaide (South Australia) |
| Mar 27 at 17:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Russian Federation - Some locations | Yakutsk |
| Mar 27 at 18:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Russian Federation - Some locations | Irkutsk |
| Mar 27 at 19:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Russian Federation - Some locations | Krasnoyarsk |
| Mar 27 at 20:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | forward to | Sun 1:00 AM | Georgia - All locations | Tbilisi |
| Mar 27 at 20:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Kazakstan - Most locations | Almaty Astana |
| Russian Federation - Some locations | Novosibirsk Omsk | ||||
| Mar 27 at 21:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Kazakstan - Some locations | Aqtobe |
| Russian Federation - Some locations | Chelyabinsk Perm Ufa Yekaterinburg | ||||
| Mar 27 at 21:30:00 | Sun 2:30 AM | forward to | Sun 3:30 AM | Kyrgyzstan - All locations | Bishkek |
| Mar 27 at 22:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | forward to | Sun 1:00 AM | Lebanon - All locations | Beirut |
| Mar 27 at 22:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Armenia - All locations | Yerevan |
| Kazakstan - Some locations | Aqtau | ||||
| Russian Federation - Some locations | Samara | ||||
| Mar 27 at 23:00:00 | Sun 1:00 AM | forward to | Sun 2:00 AM | Turkey - All locations | Ankara Istanbul |
| Mar 27 at 23:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Russian Federation - Some locations | Kazan Moscow Murmansk Novgorod Saint-Petersburg |
| Mar 28 at 00:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Belarus - All locations | Minsk |
| Russian Federation - Some locations | Kaliningrad | ||||
| Mar 28 at 00:00:00 | Sun 4:00 AM | forward to | Sun 5:00 AM | Azerbaijan - All locations | Baku |
| Mar 28 at 01:00:00 | Sat 10:00 PM | forward to | Sat 11:00 PM | Greenland - Some locations | Nuuk |
| Mar 28 at 01:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | forward to | Sun 1:00 AM | Greenland - Some locations | Ittoqqortoormiit |
| Portugal - Some locations | Azores | ||||
| Mar 28 at 01:00:00 | Sun 1:00 AM | forward to | Sun 2:00 AM | Faroe Islands - All locations | Tórshavn (Faroe Islands) |
| Ireland - All locations | Dublin | ||||
| Isle of Man - All locations | Douglas | ||||
| Portugal - Most locations | Lisbon | ||||
| Spain - Some locations | Las Palmas (Canary Islands) | ||||
| United Kingdom - All locations | Belfast (Northern Ireland) Cardiff (Wales) Glasgow (Scotland) London (England) | ||||
| Mar 28 at 01:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Albania - All locations | Tirane |
| Andorra - All locations | Andorra La Vella | ||||
| Austria - All locations | Vienna | ||||
| Belgium - All locations | Brussels | ||||
| Bosnia-Herzegovina - All locations | Sarajevo | ||||
| Croatia - All locations | Zagreb | ||||
| Czech Republic - All locations | Prague | ||||
| Denmark - All locations | Copenhagen | ||||
| France - All of locations observing DST | Paris | ||||
| Germany - All locations | Berlin (Berlin) Frankfurt (Hesse) | ||||
| Gibraltar - All locations | Gibraltar | ||||
| Hungary - All locations | Budapest | ||||
| Italy - All locations | Rome | ||||
| Kosovo - All locations | Pristina | ||||
| Liechtenstein - All locations | Vaduz | ||||
| Luxembourg - All locations | Luxembourg | ||||
| Macedonia - All locations | Skopje | ||||
| Malta - All locations | Valletta | ||||
| Monaco - All locations | Monaco | ||||
| Montenegro - All locations | Podgorica | ||||
| Netherlands - All of locations observing DST | Amsterdam | ||||
| Norway - All locations | Oslo | ||||
| Poland - All locations | Warsaw | ||||
| San Marino - All locations | San Marino | ||||
| Serbia - All locations | Belgrade | ||||
| Slovak Republic - All locations | Bratislava | ||||
| Slovenia - All locations | Ljubljana | ||||
| Spain - Most locations | Barcelona (Barcelona) Madrid Palma (Majorca) | ||||
| Sweden - All locations | Stockholm | ||||
| Switzerland - All locations | Bern Geneva Zürich | ||||
| Vatican City State - All locations | Vatican City | ||||
| Mar 28 at 01:00:00 | Sun 3:00 AM | forward to | Sun 4:00 AM | Bulgaria - All locations | Sofia |
| Cyprus - All locations | Nicosia | ||||
| Estonia - All locations | Tallinn | ||||
| Finland - All locations | Helsinki | ||||
| Greece - All locations | Athens | ||||
| Latvia - All locations | Riga | ||||
| Lithuania - All locations | Vilnius | ||||
| Moldova - All locations | Chisinau | ||||
| Romania - All locations | Bucharest | ||||
| Ukraine - All locations | Kyiv Odesa | ||||
| Mar 28 at 05:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | forward to | Sun 1:00 AM | Cuba - All locations | Havana |
| Mar 31 at 22:00:00 | Midnight Wed-Thu | forward to | Thu 1:00 AM | Syria - All locations | Damascus |
| Apr 1 at 00:00:00 | Thu 3:00 AM | forward to | Thu 4:00 AM | Iraq - All locations | Baghdad |
| Apr 4 at 00:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Namibia - All locations | Windhoek |
| Apr 4 at 03:00:00 | Midnight Sat-Sun | back to | Sat 11:00 PM | Paraguay - All locations | Asuncion |
| Apr 4 at 03:31:00 | Sun 12:01 AM | forward to | Sun 1:01 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | St. John's (Newfoundland and Labrador) |
| Apr 4 at 04:01:00 | Sun 12:01 AM | forward to | Sun 1:01 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Saint John (New Brunswick) |
| Apr 4 at 05:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Saint Pierre and Miquelon - All locations | Saint-Pierre |
| Apr 4 at 06:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Bermuda Islands - All locations | Hamilton |
| Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Halifax (Nova Scotia) | ||||
| Greenland - Some locations | Qaanaaq | ||||
| Apr 4 at 07:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Bahamas - All locations | Nassau |
| Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Montreal (Quebec) Ottawa (Ontario) Québec (Quebec) Toronto (Ontario) | ||||
| Turks and Caicos Islands - All locations | Cockburn Town | ||||
| United States - Some of locations observing DST | Atlanta (Georgia) Augusta (Maine) Baltimore (Maryland) Boston (Massachusetts) Columbia (South Carolina) Columbus (Ohio) Concord (New Hampshire) Detroit (Michigan) Hartford (Connecticut) Louisville (Kentucky) Miami (Florida) Montpelier (Vermont) New York (New York) Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Raleigh (North Carolina) Richmond (Virginia) Washington DC (District of Columbia) | ||||
| Apr 4 at 08:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Winnipeg (Manitoba) |
| Mexico - Most of locations observing DST | Acapulco (Guerrero) Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes) Guadalajara (Jalisco) Mexico City (Federal District) Veracruz (Veracruz) | ||||
| United States - Some of locations observing DST | Austin (Texas) Bismarck (North Dakota) Chicago (Illinois) Dallas (Texas) Des Moines (Iowa) Houston (Texas) Jackson (Mississippi) Lincoln (Nebraska) Little Rock (Arkansas) Madison (Wisconsin) Minneapolis (Minnesota) Montgomery (Alabama) Nashville (Tennessee) New Orleans (Louisiana) Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) Sioux Falls (South Dakota) St. Louis (Missouri) St. Paul (Minnesota) Topeka (Kansas) | ||||
| Apr 4 at 09:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Calgary (Alberta) Edmonton (Alberta) Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) |
| Mexico - Some of locations observing DST | Mazatlan (Sinaloa) | ||||
| United States - Some of locations observing DST | Albuquerque (New Mexico) Billings (Montana) Boise (Idaho) Cheyenne (Wyoming) Denver (Colorado) Rapid City (South Dakota) Salt Lake City (Utah) | ||||
| Apr 4 at 10:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | Canada - Some of locations observing DST | Vancouver (British Columbia) Whitehorse (Yukon Territory) |
| Mexico - Some of locations observing DST | Mexicali (Baja California) Tijuana (Baja California) | ||||
| United States - Some of locations observing DST | Las Vegas (Nevada) Los Angeles (California) Sacramento (California) Salem (Oregon) San Diego (California) San Francisco (California) San Jose (California) Seattle (Washington) | ||||
| Apr 4 at 11:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | United States - Some of locations observing DST | Anchorage (Alaska) |
| Apr 4 at 12:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | forward to | Sun 3:00 AM | United States - Some of locations observing DST | Adak (Alaska) |
| Apr 6 at 23:00:00 | Wed 1:00 AM | forward to | Wed 2:00 AM | Israel - All locations | Jerusalem Tel Aviv |
| Apr 15 at 22:00:00 | Midnight Thu-Fri | forward to | Fri 1:00 AM | Gaza Strip - All locations | Gaza |
| West Bank - All locations | Bethlehem | ||||
| Apr 18 at 05:00:00 | Sun 2:00 AM | back to | Sun 1:00 AM | Falkland Islands - All locations | Stanley |
| Apr 29 at 22:00:00 | Midnight Thu-Fri | forward to | Fri 1:00 AM | Egypt - All locations | Cairo |
| Yearly overview | January–June | July–December |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | first half of 2002 | second half of 2002 |
| 2003 | first half of 2003 | second half of 2003 |
| 2004 | first half of 2004 | second half of 2004 |
| 2005 | first half of 2005 | second half of 2005 |
| 2006 | first half of 2006 | second half of 2006 |