Daylight Saving Time–First Half of 1983
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 1983.
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 1983 or the overview over start and end times for 1983 sorted by country.
Date | Country | Local Time Change |
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Feb 12 Sat |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 6 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:30 pm (Back) |
Mar 6 Sun | 2:00 am → 1:00 am (Back) | |
Mar 6 Sun |
| 3:00 am → 2:00 am (Back) |
Mar 6 Sun |
| 3:45 am → 2:45 am (Back) |
Mar 12 Sat |
| 10:00 pm → 9:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 13 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 20 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 1:00 am (Back) |
Mar 26 Sat |
| 10:00 pm → 11:00 pm (Forward) |
Mar 27 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 27 Sun |
| 1:00 am → 2:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 27 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 27 Sun |
| 3:00 am → 2:00 am (Back) |
Mar 27 Sun |
| 3:00 am → 4:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 31 Thu |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 1 Fri |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Apr 1 Fri |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 1 Fri |
| 12:00 am → 2:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 9 Sat |
| 2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 18 Mon |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 24 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 24 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward) |
May 8 Sun | 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) | |
May 21 Sat |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Daylight Saving Time for other years | ||
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Yearly Overview | January–June | July–December |
1981 | first half of 1981 | second half of 1981 |
1982 | first half of 1982 | second half of 1982 |
1983 | first half of 1983 | second half of 1983 |
1984 | first half of 1984 | second half of 1984 |
1985 | first half of 1985 | second half of 1985 |