Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1988
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 1988. For more details, see information for the first half of 1988 and the second half of 1988.
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 1988 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Antarctica | Some locations | Thursday, December 1 | Does not end this year |
Some locations | No DST in 1988 | ||
Some locations | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 | |
Palmer Station | Sunday, October 9 | Sunday, March 13 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Argentina | All locations | Thursday, December 1 | Does not end this year |
Armenia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 20 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 1988 | ||
Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 20 | |
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Belarus | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Brazil | Most locations | Sunday, October 16 | Sunday, February 7 |
Amazonas, Pará, Amapá, Rondônia, Acre, Roraima | Does not start this year | Sunday, February 7 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 3 | 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 1988 | ||
Newfoundland and Labrador with exceptions | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 | |
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 9 | Sunday, March 13 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 8 | Saturday, March 12 | |
China | All locations | Sunday, April 17 | Sunday, September 11 |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, March 20 | Sunday, October 9 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
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 1988 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Egypt | All locations | Sunday, May 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
El Salvador | All locations | Sunday, May 1 | Sunday, September 25 |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | Sunday, September 11 | Sunday, April 17 |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1988 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Georgia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
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 1988 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Haiti | All locations | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
Honduras | All locations | Sunday, May 1 | Sunday, September 25 |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Iran | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Iraq | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
Israel | All locations | Sunday, April 10 | Sunday, September 4 |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
Jordan | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Friday, October 7 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Lebanon | All locations | Wednesday, June 1 | Sunday, October 16 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Libya | All locations | Friday, April 1 | Saturday, October 1 |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Mexico | Most locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Baja California, Nuevo León, much of Coahuila de Zaragoza, Tamaulipas, Durango | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 | |
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Mongolia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Morocco | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Namibia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 1988 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, October 30 | Sunday, March 6 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Palestine | All locations | Sunday, April 10 | Sunday, September 4 |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Saturday, October 1 | Friday, April 1 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
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 1988 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Russia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
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 1988 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
South Korea | All locations | Sunday, May 8 | Sunday, October 9 |
South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Sudan | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Syria | All locations | Tuesday, March 15 | Monday, October 31 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Tunisia | All locations | Wednesday, June 1 | Sunday, September 25 |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Ukraine | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, October 23 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 3 | Sunday, October 30 |
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska | No DST in 1988 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | Sunday, December 11 | Sunday, February 28 |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Vanuatu | All locations | Sunday, September 25 | Sunday, March 27 |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 27 | Sunday, September 25 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 1988 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 1988 |