Daylight Saving Time–First Half of 1979
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is often incorrectly referred to as “daylight savings time”. In some countries, it is also called “summer 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 showing the countries and territories which observed DST during the first half of 1979.
Current country/territory names, rather than historic country names are displayed, so the list could contain countries that did not exist at the time.
Also, please see the page for the second half of 1979 or the overview over start and end times for 1979 sorted by country.
Date | Country | Local Time Change |
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Feb 25 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Feb 27 Tue |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 4 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 4 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:30 pm (Back) |
Mar 4 Sun |
| 3:00 am → 2:00 am (Back) |
Mar 4 Sun |
| 3:45 am → 2:45 am (Back) |
Mar 10 Sat |
| 9:00 pm → 8:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 11 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 18 Sun | 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) | |
Mar 18 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 21 Wed |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 31 Sat |
| 11:00 pm → 12:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 1 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Apr 1 Sun | 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) | |
Apr 1 Sun |
| 1:00 am → 2:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 1 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 1 Sun |
| 9:00 am → 10:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 15 Sun | 2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward) | |
Apr 29 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 29 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward) |
May 1 Tue |
| 1:00 am → 2:00 am (Forward) |
May 5 Sat |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
May 13 Sun | 3:30 am → 4:30 am (Forward) | |
May 27 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Jun 3 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Jun 25 Mon |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Daylight Saving Time for other years | ||
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Yearly Overview | January–June | July–December |
1977 | first half of 1977 | second half of 1977 |
1978 | first half of 1978 | second half of 1978 |
1979 | first half of 1979 | second half of 1979 |
1980 | first half of 1980 | second half of 1980 |
1981 | first half of 1981 | second half of 1981 |