Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2004
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 2004. For more details, see information for the first half of 2004 and the second half of 2004.
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 2004 | |||
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Country | Regions/States | DST Start Date | DST End Date |
Afghanistan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Åland Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Albania | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Algeria | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
American Samoa | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Andorra | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Angola | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Anguilla | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Antarctica | Most locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Some locations | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, March 21 | |
Palmer Station | Sunday, October 10 | Sunday, March 14 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Argentina | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Armenia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Aruba | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Australia | Most locations | Sunday, October 31 | Sunday, March 28 |
Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia | No DST in 2004 | ||
Tasmania | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, March 28 | |
Lord Howe Island | Sunday, October 31 | Sunday, March 28 | |
Austria | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Azerbaijan | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Bahrain | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Bangladesh | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Barbados | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Belarus | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Belgium | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Belize | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Benin | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Bermuda | All locations | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
Bhutan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Bolivia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Botswana | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Brazil | Distrito Federal, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Espírito Santo | Tuesday, November 2 | Sunday, February 15 |
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Pará, Paraíba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, Roraima, Tocantins | No DST in 2004 | ||
Mato Grosso | Tuesday, November 2 | Does not end this year | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
British Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Brunei | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Bulgaria | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Burkina Faso | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Burundi | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Cabo Verde | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Cambodia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Cameroon | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Canada | Most locations | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
Much of Saskatchewan, small region of British Columbia, small region of Nunavut, small region of Quebec, small region of Ontario | No DST in 2004 | ||
Caribbean Netherlands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Cayman Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Central African Republic | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Chad | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Chile | Most locations | Sunday, October 10 | Sunday, March 14 |
Easter Island | Saturday, October 9 | Saturday, March 13 | |
China | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Christmas Island | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Clipperton Island | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Colombia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Comoros | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Congo | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Congo Democratic Republic | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Cook Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Costa Rica | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Croatia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Cuba | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Does not end this year |
Curaçao | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Cyprus | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Czechia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Denmark | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Djibouti | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Dominica | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Dominican Republic | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
East Timor | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Ecuador | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Egypt | All locations | Friday, April 30 | Friday, October 1 |
El Salvador | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Equatorial Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Eritrea | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Estonia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Eswatini | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Ethiopia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Falkland Islands | All locations | Sunday, September 5 | Sunday, April 18 |
Faroe Islands | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Fiji | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Finland | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
France | Most locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Port-aux-Francais | No DST in 2004 | ||
French Guiana | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
French Polynesia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
French Southern Territories | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Gabon | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Gambia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Georgia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Germany | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Ghana | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Gibraltar | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Greece | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Greenland | Most locations | Saturday, March 27 | Saturday, October 30 |
Some locations | No DST in 2004 | ||
Ittoqqortoormiit | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 | |
Thule Air Base | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 | |
Grenada | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Guadeloupe | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Guam | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Guatemala | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Guernsey | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Guinea-Bissau | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Guyana | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Haiti | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Honduras | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Hong Kong | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Hungary | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Iceland | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
India | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Indonesia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Iran | All locations | Sunday, March 21 | Tuesday, September 21 |
Iraq | All locations | Thursday, April 1 | Friday, October 1 |
Ireland | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Isle of Man | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Israel | All locations | Wednesday, April 7 | Wednesday, September 22 |
Italy | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Jamaica | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Japan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Jersey | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Jordan | All locations | Friday, March 26 | Friday, October 15 |
Kazakhstan | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Kenya | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Kiribati | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Kosovo | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Kuwait | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Kyrgyzstan | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Laos | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Latvia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Lebanon | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Lesotho | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Liberia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Libya | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Liechtenstein | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Lithuania | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Luxembourg | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Macau | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Madagascar | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Malawi | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Malaysia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Maldives | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Mali | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Malta | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Marshall Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Martinique | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Mauritania | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Mauritius | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Mayotte | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Mexico | Most locations | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
Sonora | No DST in 2004 | ||
Micronesia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Moldova | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Monaco | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Mongolia | All locations | Saturday, March 27 | Saturday, September 25 |
Montenegro | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Montserrat | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Morocco | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Mozambique | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Myanmar | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Namibia | All locations | Sunday, September 5 | Sunday, April 4 |
Nauru | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Nepal | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Netherlands | Most locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Saba, Sint Eustatius | No DST in 2004 | ||
New Caledonia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
New Zealand | All locations | Sunday, October 3 | Sunday, March 21 |
Nicaragua | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Niger | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Nigeria | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Niue | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Norfolk Island | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
North Korea | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
North Macedonia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Northern Mariana Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Norway | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Oman | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Pakistan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Palau | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Palestine | All locations | Friday, April 16 | Friday, October 1 |
Panama | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Papua New Guinea | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Paraguay | All locations | Sunday, October 17 | Sunday, April 4 |
Peru | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Philippines | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Pitcairn Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Poland | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Portugal | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Puerto Rico | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Qatar | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Reunion | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Romania | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Russia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Rwanda | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Saint Helena | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Saint Lucia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Saint Martin | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | All locations | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Samoa | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
San Marino | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Sao Tome and Principe | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Saudi Arabia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Senegal | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Serbia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Seychelles | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Sierra Leone | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Singapore | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Sint Maarten | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Slovakia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Slovenia | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Solomon Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Somalia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
South Africa | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
South Korea | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
South Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Spain | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Sri Lanka | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
St. Barts | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Sudan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Suriname | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Sweden | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Switzerland | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Syria | All locations | Thursday, April 1 | Friday, October 1 |
Taiwan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Tajikistan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Tanzania | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Thailand | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
The Bahamas | All locations | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
Togo | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Tokelau | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Tonga | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Tunisia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Turkey | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Turkmenistan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | All locations | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
Tuvalu | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Uganda | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Ukraine | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
United Arab Emirates | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
United Kingdom | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
United States | Most locations | Sunday, April 4 | Sunday, October 31 |
Hawaii, much of Indiana, most of Arizona, small region of Alaska | No DST in 2004 | ||
Uruguay | All locations | Sunday, September 19 | Does not end this year |
US Minor Outlying Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
US Virgin Islands | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Uzbekistan | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Vanuatu | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Vatican City (Holy See) | All locations | Sunday, March 28 | Sunday, October 31 |
Venezuela | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Vietnam | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Wallis and Futuna | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Western Sahara | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Yemen | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Zambia | All locations | No DST in 2004 | |
Zimbabwe | All locations | No DST in 2004 |