Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1996
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 1996. For more details, see information for the first half of 1996 and the second half of 1996.
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 1996 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Some locations | Sunday, October 6 | Sunday, March 17 | |
Palmer Station | Sunday, October 13 | Sunday, March 10 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Armenia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 27 | Sunday, March 31 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 1996 | ||
Tasmania | Sunday, October 6 | Sunday, March 31 | |
Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 27 | Sunday, March 31 | |
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Belarus | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Brazil | Most locations | Sunday, October 6 | Sunday, February 11 |
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima | No DST in 1996 | ||
Sergipe, Alagoas | Does not start this year | Sunday, February 11 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 1996 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 13 | Sunday, March 10 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 12 | Saturday, March 9 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 6 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Egypt | All locations | Friday, April 26 | Friday, September 27 |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | Sunday, September 15 | Sunday, April 21 |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1996 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Georgia | Most locations | Sunday, March 31 | Does not end this year |
Sukhumi | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 | |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 30 | Saturday, October 26 |
Some locations | No DST in 1996 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 | |
Thule Air Base | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Haiti | All locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Iran | All locations | Thursday, March 21 | Saturday, September 21 |
Iraq | All locations | Monday, April 1 | Tuesday, October 1 |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Israel | All locations | Friday, March 15 | Monday, September 16 |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Jordan | All locations | Friday, April 5 | Friday, September 20 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, September 29 |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Mexico | All locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Mongolia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, September 29 |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Morocco | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Namibia | All locations | Sunday, September 1 | Sunday, April 7 |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 1996 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | Sunday, December 1 | Does not end this year |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, October 6 | Sunday, March 17 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Palestine | All locations | Friday, April 5 | Friday, September 20 |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 6 | Friday, March 1 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Russia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Sudan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Syria | All locations | Monday, April 1 | Tuesday, October 1 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Ukraine | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 7 | Sunday, October 27 |
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska | No DST in 1996 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 31 | Sunday, October 27 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 1996 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 1996 |