Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1983
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 1983. For more details, see information for the first half of 1983 and the second half of 1983.
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 1983 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Albania | All locations | Monday, April 18 | Saturday, October 1 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Andorra | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Some locations | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 | |
Palmer Station | Sunday, October 9 | Sunday, March 13 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Armenia | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 |
Queensland, Northern Territory | No DST in 1983 | ||
Western Australia | Sunday, October 30 | Does not end this year | |
Tasmania | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 27 | |
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Belarus | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Belize | All locations | Does not start this year | Saturday, February 12 |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, April 24 | Sunday, October 30 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Brazil | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 24 | Sunday, October 30 |
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 1983 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 9 | Sunday, March 13 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 8 | Saturday, March 12 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, May 8 | Sunday, October 9 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Egypt | All locations | Tuesday, July 12 | Saturday, October 1 |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Estonia | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | Sunday, September 25 | Does not end this year |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1983 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Georgia | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 26 | Saturday, September 24 |
Thule Air Base | No DST in 1983 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Guatemala | All locations | Saturday, May 21 | Thursday, September 22 |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Haiti | All locations | Sunday, May 8 | Sunday, October 30 |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Iran | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Iraq | All locations | Thursday, March 31 | Saturday, October 1 |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
Israel | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Jamaica | All locations | Sunday, April 24 | Sunday, October 30 |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
Jordan | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Kazakhstan | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Latvia | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Lebanon | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Libya | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Lithuania | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Mauritius | All locations | Does not start this year | Sunday, March 20 |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Mexico | Most locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Baja California | Sunday, April 24 | Sunday, October 30 | |
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Moldova | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Mongolia | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Morocco | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Namibia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 1983 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Palestine | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Saturday, October 1 | Friday, April 1 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Russia | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
South Sudan | All locations | Sunday, April 24 | Saturday, October 15 |
Spain | Most locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Ceuta, Melilla | No DST in 1983 | ||
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Sudan | All locations | Sunday, April 24 | Saturday, October 15 |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Syria | All locations | Saturday, April 9 | Saturday, October 1 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 24 | Sunday, October 30 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, July 31 | Sunday, October 2 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, April 24 | Sunday, October 30 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Ukraine | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 24 | Sunday, October 30 |
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona | No DST in 1983 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Vanuatu | All locations | Sunday, September 25 | Does not end this year |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 1983 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 1983 |