Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1970
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 1970. For more details, see information for the first half of 1970 and the second half of 1970.
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 1970 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Albania | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Andorra | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Antarctica | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Armenia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Australia | Most locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Much of Tasmania | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 8 | |
Austria | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Azerbaijan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Belarus | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Belgium | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Bermuda | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Brazil | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Northwest Territories, Alberta, most of Saskatchewan, Nunavut, Yukon, small region of British Columbia, some regions of Nova Scotia, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 1970 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 11 | Sunday, March 29 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 10 | Saturday, March 28 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Croatia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Cyprus | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Czechia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Denmark | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | Sunday, October 25 | Saturday, February 21 |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Egypt | All locations | Friday, May 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Estonia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Faroe Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Finland | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
France | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Georgia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Germany | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Greece | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Greenland | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Guam | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, September 6 |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Guernsey | All locations | DST all year in 1970 | |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Haiti | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | Sunday, April 19 | Sunday, October 18 |
Hungary | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Iran | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Iraq | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Ireland | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Isle of Man | All locations | DST all year in 1970 | |
Israel | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, May 31 | Sunday, September 27 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Jersey | All locations | DST all year in 1970 | |
Jordan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Kazakhstan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Kosovo | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Latvia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Lebanon | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Lithuania | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Luxembourg | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Macau | All locations | Sunday, April 19 | Sunday, October 18 |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, May 31 | Sunday, September 27 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Mexico | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Moldova | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Monaco | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Mongolia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Montenegro | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Morocco | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Namibia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
New Zealand | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Norway | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Palestine | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Paraguay | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Poland | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Portugal | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Romania | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Russia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, May 31 | Sunday, September 27 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Serbia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Slovakia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Slovenia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
South Sudan | All locations | Friday, May 1 | Thursday, October 15 |
Spain | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Sudan | All locations | Friday, May 1 | Thursday, October 15 |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Sweden | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Switzerland | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Syria | All locations | Friday, May 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Turkey | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Ukraine | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
United Kingdom | Most locations | DST all year in 1970 | |
Northern Ireland | No DST in 1970 | ||
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Michigan, Hawaii, most of Arizona | No DST in 1970 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | Saturday, April 25 | Sunday, June 14 |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, May 31 | Sunday, September 27 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 1970 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 1970 |