Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1987
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 1987. For more details, see information for the first half of 1987 and the second half of 1987.
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 1987 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Some locations | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 | |
Palmer Station | Sunday, October 11 | Sunday, April 12 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Armenia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Australia | South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 15 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 1987 | ||
Victoria | Sunday, October 18 | Sunday, March 15 | |
Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 15 | |
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Belarus | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, April 5 | Sunday, October 25 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Brazil | All locations | Sunday, October 25 | Saturday, February 14 |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 5 | 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 1987 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 11 | Sunday, April 12 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 10 | Saturday, April 11 | |
China | All locations | Sunday, April 12 | Sunday, September 13 |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, March 15 | Sunday, October 11 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
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 1987 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Egypt | All locations | Friday, May 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
El Salvador | All locations | Sunday, May 3 | Sunday, September 27 |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | Sunday, September 13 | Sunday, April 19 |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1987 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Georgia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 28 | Saturday, September 26 |
Thule Air Base | No DST in 1987 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Haiti | All locations | Sunday, April 26 | Sunday, October 25 |
Honduras | All locations | Sunday, May 3 | Sunday, September 27 |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Iran | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Iraq | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Israel | All locations | Wednesday, April 15 | Sunday, September 13 |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
Jordan | All locations | Friday, April 3 | Friday, October 2 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Lebanon | All locations | Friday, May 1 | Friday, October 16 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Libya | All locations | Wednesday, April 1 | Thursday, October 1 |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Mexico | Most locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Baja California | Sunday, April 5 | Sunday, October 25 | |
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Mongolia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Morocco | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Namibia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 1987 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, October 25 | Sunday, March 1 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Palestine | All locations | Wednesday, April 15 | Sunday, September 13 |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Thursday, October 1 | Wednesday, April 1 |
Peru | All locations | Thursday, January 1 | Wednesday, April 1 |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
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 1987 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Russia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, April 5 | Sunday, October 25 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
South Korea | All locations | Sunday, May 10 | Sunday, October 11 |
South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Sudan | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Syria | All locations | Sunday, March 1 | Saturday, October 31 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 5 | Sunday, October 25 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, April 5 | Sunday, October 25 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Ukraine | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, October 25 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 5 | Sunday, October 25 |
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska | No DST in 1987 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | Monday, December 14 | Does not end this year |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Vanuatu | All locations | Sunday, September 27 | Sunday, March 29 |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 29 | Sunday, September 27 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 1987 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 1987 |