Daylight Saving Time–First Half of 1997
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 1997.
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 1997 or the overview over start and end times for 1997 sorted by country.
Date | Country | Local Time Change |
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Feb 16 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Feb 23 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 2 Sun |
| 3:00 am → 2:00 am (Back) |
Mar 16 Sun |
| 3:00 am → 2:00 am (Back) |
Mar 16 Sun |
| 3:45 am → 2:45 am (Back) |
Mar 21 Fri |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 22 Sat |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 29 Sat |
| 10:00 pm → 9:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 29 Sat |
| 10:00 pm → 11:00 pm (Forward) |
Mar 30 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Mar 30 Sun | 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) | |
Mar 30 Sun |
| 1:00 am → 2:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 30 Sun | 2:00 am → 1:30 am (Back) | |
Mar 30 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 2:00 am (No Change) |
Mar 30 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 30 Sun |
| 2:30 am → 3:30 am (Forward) |
Mar 30 Sun |
| 3:00 am → 2:00 am (Back) |
Mar 30 Sun | 3:00 am → 4:00 am (Forward) | |
Mar 30 Sun |
| 4:00 am → 4:00 am (No Change) |
Mar 30 Sun |
| 4:00 am → 5:00 am (Forward) |
Mar 31 Mon |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 1 Tue |
| 3:00 am → 4:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 4 Fri | 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) | |
Apr 6 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 6 Sun |
| 12:01 am → 1:01 am (Forward) |
Apr 6 Sun |
| 1:00 am → 2:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 6 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 1:00 am (Back) |
Apr 6 Sun |
| 2:00 am → 3:00 am (Forward) |
Apr 20 Sun |
| 12:00 am → 11:00 pm (Back) |
Apr 25 Fri |
| 12:00 am → 1:00 am (Forward) |
Daylight Saving Time for other years | ||
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Yearly Overview | January–June | July–December |
1995 | first half of 1995 | second half of 1995 |
1996 | first half of 1996 | second half of 1996 |
1997 | first half of 1997 | second half of 1997 |
1998 | first half of 1998 | second half of 1998 |
1999 | first half of 1999 | second half of 1999 |