Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2008

Who has DST in 2008?

Areas having DST in some period during 2008
No DST in 2008

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 2008. For more details, see information for the first half of 2008 and the second half of 2008.

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 2008
CountryRegions/StatesDST Start DateDST End Date
AfghanistanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Åland IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
AlbaniaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
AlgeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
American SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
AndorraAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
AngolaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
AnguillaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
AntarcticaSome locationsDoes not start this yearSunday, March 16
Some locationsNo DST in 2008
Some locationsSunday, September 28Sunday, April 6
OrcadasSunday, October 19Sunday, March 16
Palmer StationSunday, October 12Sunday, March 30
Troll StationSaturday, March 1*Sunday, October 26
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ArgentinaMost locationsSunday, October 19Sunday, March 16
Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, Mendoza, Santa Cruz, Salta, Tierra del Fuego, La Pampa, La Rioja, Rio Negro, San Juan, NeuquénDoes not start this yearSunday, March 16
San LuisSunday, October 12Sunday, March 9
ArmeniaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
ArubaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
AustraliaMost locationsSunday, October 5Sunday, April 6
Queensland, Northern TerritoryNo DST in 2008
Western AustraliaSunday, October 26Sunday, March 30
Lord Howe IslandSunday, October 5Sunday, April 6
AustriaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
AzerbaijanAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
BahrainAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BangladeshAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BarbadosAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BelarusAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
BelgiumAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
BelizeAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BeninAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BermudaAll locationsSunday, March 9Sunday, November 2
BhutanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BoliviaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
BotswanaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BrazilMost locationsSunday, October 19Sunday, February 17
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, TocantinsNo DST in 2008
British Indian Ocean TerritoryAll locationsNo DST in 2008
British Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BruneiAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BulgariaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Burkina FasoAll locationsNo DST in 2008
BurundiAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Cabo VerdeAll locationsNo DST in 2008
CambodiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
CameroonAll locationsNo DST in 2008
CanadaMost locationsSunday, March 9Sunday, November 2
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of OntarioNo DST in 2008
Caribbean NetherlandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Cayman IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Central African RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ChadAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ChileMost locationsSunday, October 12Sunday, March 30
Easter IslandSaturday, October 11Saturday, March 29
ChinaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Christmas IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Clipperton IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ColombiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ComorosAll locationsNo DST in 2008
CongoAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Congo Democratic RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Cook IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Costa RicaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Cote d'IvoireAll locationsNo DST in 2008
CroatiaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
CubaAll locationsSunday, March 16Sunday, October 26
CuraçaoAll locationsNo DST in 2008
CyprusAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
CzechiaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
DenmarkAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
DjiboutiAll locationsNo DST in 2008
DominicaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Dominican RepublicAll locationsNo DST in 2008
East TimorAll locationsNo DST in 2008
EcuadorAll locationsNo DST in 2008
EgyptAll locationsFriday, April 25Friday, August 29
El SalvadorAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
EritreaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
EstoniaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
EswatiniAll locationsNo DST in 2008
EthiopiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Falkland IslandsAll locationsSunday, September 7Sunday, April 20
Faroe IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
FijiAll locationsNo DST in 2008
FinlandAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
FranceMost locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Port-aux-FrancaisNo DST in 2008
French GuianaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
French PolynesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
French Southern TerritoriesAll locationsNo DST in 2008
GabonAll locationsNo DST in 2008
GambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
GeorgiaMost locationsNo DST in 2008
SukhumiSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
GermanyAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
GhanaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
GibraltarAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
GreeceAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
GreenlandMost locationsSaturday, March 29Saturday, October 25
Some locationsNo DST in 2008
IttoqqortoormiitSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Thule Air BaseSunday, March 9Sunday, November 2
GrenadaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
GuadeloupeAll locationsNo DST in 2008
GuamAll locationsNo DST in 2008
GuatemalaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
GuernseyAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Guinea-BissauAll locationsNo DST in 2008
GuyanaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
HaitiAll locationsNo DST in 2008
HondurasAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Hong KongAll locationsNo DST in 2008
HungaryAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
IcelandAll locationsNo DST in 2008
IndiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
IndonesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
IranAll locationsFriday, March 21Sunday, September 21
IraqAll locationsNo DST in 2008
IrelandAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Isle of ManAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
IsraelAll locationsFriday, March 28Sunday, October 5
ItalyAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
JamaicaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
JapanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
JerseyAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
JordanAll locationsFriday, March 28Friday, October 31
KazakhstanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
KenyaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
KiribatiAll locationsNo DST in 2008
KosovoAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
KuwaitAll locationsNo DST in 2008
KyrgyzstanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
LaosAll locationsNo DST in 2008
LatviaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
LebanonAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
LesothoAll locationsNo DST in 2008
LiberiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
LibyaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
LiechtensteinAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
LithuaniaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
LuxembourgAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
MacauAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MadagascarAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MalawiAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MalaysiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MaldivesAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MaliAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MaltaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Marshall IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MartiniqueAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MauritaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MauritiusAll locationsSunday, October 26Does not end this year
MayotteAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MexicoMost locationsSunday, April 6Sunday, October 26
SonoraNo DST in 2008
MicronesiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MoldovaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
MonacoAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
MongoliaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MontenegroAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
MontserratAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MoroccoAll locationsSunday, June 1Monday, September 1
MozambiqueAll locationsNo DST in 2008
MyanmarAll locationsNo DST in 2008
NamibiaAll locationsSunday, September 7Sunday, April 6
NauruAll locationsNo DST in 2008
NepalAll locationsNo DST in 2008
NetherlandsMost locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Saba, Sint EustatiusNo DST in 2008
New CaledoniaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
New ZealandAll locationsSunday, September 28Sunday, April 6
NicaraguaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
NigerAll locationsNo DST in 2008
NigeriaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
NiueAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Norfolk IslandAll locationsNo DST in 2008
North KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
North MacedoniaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Northern Mariana IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
NorwayAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
OmanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
PakistanAll locationsSunday, June 1Saturday, November 1
PalauAll locationsNo DST in 2008
PalestineMost locationsFriday, March 28Monday, September 1
Gaza StripFriday, March 28Friday, August 29
PanamaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Papua New GuineaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ParaguayAll locationsSunday, October 19Sunday, March 9
PeruAll locationsNo DST in 2008
PhilippinesAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Pitcairn IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
PolandAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
PortugalAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Puerto RicoAll locationsNo DST in 2008
QatarAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ReunionAll locationsNo DST in 2008
RomaniaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
RussiaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
RwandaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Saint HelenaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Saint LuciaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Saint MartinAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Saint Pierre and MiquelonAll locationsSunday, March 9Sunday, November 2
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SamoaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
San MarinoAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SenegalAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SerbiaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
SeychellesAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Sierra LeoneAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SingaporeAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Sint MaartenAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SlovakiaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
SloveniaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Solomon IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SomaliaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
South AfricaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.All locationsNo DST in 2008
South KoreaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
South SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SpainAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
Sri LankaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
St. BartsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SudanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SurinameAll locationsNo DST in 2008
SwedenAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
SwitzerlandAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
SyriaAll locationsFriday, April 4Saturday, November 1
TaiwanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
TajikistanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
TanzaniaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ThailandAll locationsNo DST in 2008
The BahamasAll locationsSunday, March 9Sunday, November 2
TogoAll locationsNo DST in 2008
TokelauAll locationsNo DST in 2008
TongaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsNo DST in 2008
TunisiaAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
TurkeyAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
TurkmenistanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Turks and Caicos IslandsAll locationsSunday, March 9Sunday, November 2
TuvaluAll locationsNo DST in 2008
UgandaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
UkraineAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsNo DST in 2008
United KingdomAll locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
United StatesMost locationsSunday, March 9Sunday, November 2
Hawaii, most of Arizona, small region of AlaskaNo DST in 2008
UruguayAll locationsSunday, October 5Sunday, March 9
US Minor Outlying IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
US Virgin IslandsAll locationsNo DST in 2008
UzbekistanAll locationsNo DST in 2008
VanuatuAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Vatican City (Holy See)All locationsSunday, March 30Sunday, October 26
VenezuelaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
VietnamAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Wallis and FutunaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
Western SaharaAll locationsSunday, June 1Monday, September 1
YemenAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ZambiaAll locationsNo DST in 2008
ZimbabweAll locationsNo DST in 2008
* Some locations have multiple periods of DST: the start of the first period and end of the last period are listed.