Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1979
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 1979. For more details, see information for the first half of 1979 and the second half of 1979.
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 1979 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Albania | All locations | Saturday, May 5 | Sunday, September 30 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Andorra | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Some locations | Sunday, October 28 | Sunday, March 4 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Armenia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 28 | Sunday, March 4 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 1979 | ||
Austria | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Azerbaijan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Barbados | All locations | Sunday, April 15 | Sunday, September 30 |
Belarus | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, April 29 | Sunday, October 28 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Brazil | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Saturday, March 31 | Monday, October 1 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 29 | Sunday, October 28 |
Northwest Territories, much of Saskatchewan, Nunavut, Yukon, small region of British Columbia, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 1979 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Chad | All locations | Sunday, October 14 | Does not end this year |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 14 | Sunday, March 11 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 13 | Saturday, March 10 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | Sunday, October 28 | Sunday, March 4 |
Costa Rica | All locations | Sunday, February 25 | Sunday, June 3 |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Croatia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, March 18 | Sunday, October 14 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Denmark | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Egypt | All locations | Tuesday, May 1 | Monday, October 1 |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Estonia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Faroe Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Finland | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
France | Most locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1979 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Georgia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Germany | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Saturday, September 29 |
Greenland | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 18 | Sunday, October 28 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Haiti | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | Sunday, May 13 | Sunday, October 21 |
Hungary | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Iran | All locations | Wednesday, March 21 | Wednesday, September 19 |
Iraq | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 18 | Sunday, October 28 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 18 | Sunday, October 28 |
Israel | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, May 27 | Sunday, September 30 |
Jamaica | All locations | Sunday, April 29 | Sunday, October 28 |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 18 | Sunday, October 28 |
Jordan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Kazakhstan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Kosovo | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Latvia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Lebanon | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Lithuania | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Macau | All locations | Sunday, May 13 | Sunday, October 21 |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, April 15 | Sunday, September 16 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Mexico | Most locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Baja California | Sunday, April 29 | Sunday, October 28 | |
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Moldova | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Mongolia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Montenegro | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Morocco | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Namibia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 1979 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | Does not start this year | Tuesday, February 27 |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, October 28 | Sunday, March 4 |
Nicaragua | All locations | Sunday, March 18 | Monday, June 25 |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Norway | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Palestine | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Monday, October 1 | Sunday, April 1 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, May 27 | Sunday, September 30 |
Russia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, May 27 | Sunday, September 30 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Serbia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Slovenia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
South Sudan | All locations | Sunday, April 29 | Monday, October 15 |
Spain | Most locations | Sunday, April 1 | Sunday, September 30 |
Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Las Palmas, Ceuta, Melilla, Canary Islands | No DST in 1979 | ||
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Sudan | All locations | Sunday, April 29 | Monday, October 15 |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Sweden | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Switzerland | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Syria | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Taiwan | All locations | Sunday, July 1 | Monday, October 1 |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 29 | Sunday, October 28 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Turkey | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, April 29 | Sunday, October 28 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Ukraine | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 18 | Sunday, October 28 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 29 | Sunday, October 28 |
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona | No DST in 1979 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | Sunday, April 29 | Sunday, March 4 |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, May 27 | Sunday, September 30 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 1979 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 1979 |