Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1981
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 1981. For more details, see information for the first half of 1981 and the second half of 1981.
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 1981 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, September 27 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Andorra | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Some locations | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Armenia | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 1981 | ||
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Belarus | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Brazil | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Saturday, April 4 | Sunday, September 27 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 1981 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 11 | Sunday, March 15 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 10 | Saturday, March 14 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Croatia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, May 10 | Sunday, October 11 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Egypt | All locations | Friday, May 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Estonia | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1981 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Georgia | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 28 | Saturday, September 26 |
Thule Air Base | No DST in 1981 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Haiti | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Iran | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Iraq | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Israel | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Jamaica | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Jordan | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Kazakhstan | Most locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Some locations | No DST in 1981 | ||
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Kosovo | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Latvia | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Lebanon | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Lithuania | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Mexico | Most locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Baja California | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 | |
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Moldova | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Mongolia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Montenegro | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Morocco | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Namibia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 1981 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Palestine | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Thursday, October 1 | Wednesday, April 1 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Russia | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Serbia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Slovenia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
South Sudan | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Thursday, October 15 |
Spain | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Ceuta, Melilla | No DST in 1981 | ||
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Sudan | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Thursday, October 15 |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Syria | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Turkey | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Turkmenistan | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Ukraine | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona | No DST in 1981 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 1981 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 1981 |