Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2006

Who has DST in 2006?

Areas having DST in some period during 2006
No DST in 2006

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 2006. For more details, see information for the first half of 2006 and the second half of 2006.

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 2006
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
AlbaniaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
AndorraAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
AntarcticaMost locationsNo DST in 2006
Some locationsSunday, October 1Sunday, March 19
Palmer StationSunday, October 15Sunday, March 12
Troll StationWednesday, March 1*Sunday, October 29
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ArgentinaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ArmeniaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 29Sunday, April 2
Queensland, Northern TerritoryNo DST in 2006
Western AustraliaSunday, December 3Does not end this year
TasmaniaSunday, October 1Sunday, April 2
Lord Howe IslandSunday, October 29Sunday, April 2
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
AzerbaijanAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BelarusAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
BelizeAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BermudaAll locationsSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BrazilMost locationsSunday, November 5Sunday, February 19
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, TocantinsNo DST in 2006
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 2006
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BulgariaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 2006
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 2006
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 2006
CanadaMost locationsSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 2006
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ChileMost locationsSunday, October 15Sunday, March 12
Easter IslandSaturday, October 14Saturday, March 11
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 2006
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Cook IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 2006
CroatiaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
CubaAll locationsDoes not start this yearSunday, October 29
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 2006
CyprusAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
CzechiaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 2006
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2006
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 2006
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 2006
EgyptAll locationsFriday, April 28Friday, September 22
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
EstoniaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 2006
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Falkland IslandsAll locationsSunday, September 3Sunday, April 16
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
FijiAll locationsNo DST in 2006
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
FranceMost locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Port-aux-FrancaisNo DST in 2006
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 2006
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 2006
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
GeorgiaMost locationsNo DST in 2006
SukhumiSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
GibraltarAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 25Saturday, October 28
Some locationsNo DST in 2006
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
PituffikSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 2006
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 2006
GuatemalaAll locationsSunday, April 30Sunday, October 1
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 2006
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
HaitiAll locationsSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
HondurasAll locationsSunday, May 7Monday, August 7
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 2006
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 2006
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
IranAll locationsNo DST in 2006
IraqAll locationsSaturday, April 1Sunday, October 1
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
IsraelAll locationsFriday, March 31Sunday, October 1
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
JamaicaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
JordanAll locationsFriday, March 31Friday, October 27
KazakhstanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 2006
KosovoAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 2006
KyrgyzstanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 2006
LatviaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
LebanonAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 2006
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
LibyaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
LithuaniaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MauritiusAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MexicoMost locationsSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
SonoraNo DST in 2006
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MoldovaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
MongoliaAll locationsSaturday, March 25Saturday, September 30
MontenegroAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MoroccoAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 2006
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 2006
NamibiaAll locationsSunday, September 3Sunday, April 2
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 2006
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 2006
NetherlandsMost locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Saba, Sint EustatiusNo DST in 2006
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, October 1Sunday, March 19
NicaraguaAll locationsSunday, April 30Sunday, October 1
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 2006
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2006
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
North MacedoniaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
PakistanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 2006
PalestineAll locationsSaturday, April 1Friday, September 22
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ParaguayAll locationsSunday, October 15Sunday, March 12
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 2006
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 2006
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 2006
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
RussiaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SerbiaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
SloveniaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 2006
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
South SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SpainAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 2006
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
SyriaAll locationsSaturday, April 1Friday, September 22
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
TajikistanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 2006
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 2006
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 2006
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 2006
TunisiaAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
TurkeyAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
TurkmenistanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 2006
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
UkraineAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 2006
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
United StatesMost locationsSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of AlaskaNo DST in 2006
UruguayAll locationsSunday, October 1Sunday, March 12
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2006
UzbekistanAll locationsNo DST in 2006
VanuatuAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
Western SaharaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2006
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 2006
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.