Daylight Saving Time Around the World 1997
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 1997. For more details, see information for the first half of 1997 and the second half of 1997.
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 1997 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Some locations | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, March 16 | |
Palmer Station | Sunday, October 12 | Sunday, March 30 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Armenia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 26 | Sunday, March 30 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 1997 | ||
Tasmania | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, March 30 | |
Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 26 | Sunday, March 30 | |
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Belarus | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Brazil | Most locations | Monday, October 6 | Sunday, February 16 |
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima | No DST in 1997 | ||
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 1997 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 12 | Sunday, March 30 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 11 | Saturday, March 29 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 12 |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, September 28 |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Egypt | All locations | Friday, April 25 | Friday, September 26 |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | Sunday, September 14 | Sunday, April 20 |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 1997 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Georgia | Most locations | Does not start this year | Sunday, October 26 |
Sukhumi | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 | |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 29 | Saturday, October 25 |
Some locations | No DST in 1997 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 | |
Thule Air Base | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Haiti | All locations | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Iran | All locations | Saturday, March 22 | Monday, September 22 |
Iraq | All locations | Tuesday, April 1 | Wednesday, October 1 |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Israel | All locations | Friday, March 21 | Sunday, September 14 |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Jordan | All locations | Friday, April 4 | Friday, September 19 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, September 28 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Libya | All locations | Friday, April 4 | Saturday, October 4 |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Mexico | All locations | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Mongolia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, September 28 |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Morocco | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Namibia | All locations | Sunday, September 7 | Sunday, April 6 |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 1997 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | Does not start this year | Sunday, March 2 |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, March 16 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Palestine | All locations | Friday, April 4 | Friday, September 19 |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 5 | Sunday, February 23 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Russia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Sudan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Syria | All locations | Monday, March 31 | Wednesday, October 1 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Ukraine | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 6 | Sunday, October 26 |
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska | No DST in 1997 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 30 | Sunday, October 26 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 1997 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 1997 |