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Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2006

See The World Clock for list of current times around the world, and which places are observing DST at the moment (marked by * in The World Clock).

Daylight saving time is also called summer time or daylight savings 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 over which countries that observed DST during 2006.

Detailed information is available for the first half of 2006 and the second half of 2006.

CountryRegion/statesExample locationDST start dateDST end date
AfghanistanAll locationsKabulNo DST in 2006
AlbaniaAll locationsTiraneSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
AlgeriaAll locationsAlgiersNo DST in 2006
AndorraAll locationsAndorra La VellaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
AngolaAll locationsLuandaNo DST in 2006
AntarcticaMost locationsMawsonNo DST in 2006
Some locationsSouth PoleSunday, October 1Sunday, March 19
Antigua and BarbudaAll locationsSaint John'sNo DST in 2006
ArgentinaAll locationsBuenos AiresNo DST in 2006
ArmeniaAll locationsYerevanSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
AustraliaMost locationsBrisbaneNo DST in 2006
South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South WalesMelbourneSunday, October 29Sunday, April 2
Western AustraliaPerthSunday, December 3Does not end this year
TasmaniaHobartSunday, October 1Sunday, April 2
Lord Howe IslandLord Howe IslandSunday, October 29Sunday, April 2
AustriaAll locationsViennaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
AzerbaijanAll locationsBakuSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
BahamasAll locationsNassauSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
BahrainAll locationsManamaNo DST in 2006
BangladeshAll locationsDhakaNo DST in 2006
BarbadosAll locationsBridgetownNo DST in 2006
BelarusAll locationsMinskSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
BelgiumAll locationsBrusselsSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
BelizeAll locationsBelmopanNo DST in 2006
BeninAll locationsPorto NovoNo DST in 2006
BhutanAll locationsThimphuNo DST in 2006
BoliviaAll locationsLa PazNo DST in 2006
Bosnia-HerzegovinaAll locationsSarajevoSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
BotswanaAll locationsGaboroneNo DST in 2006
BrazilMost locationsRio de JaneiroSunday, November 5Sunday, February 19
Amazonas, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Para, Paraiba, Ceará, Amapá, Alagoas, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Maranhão, Acre, RoraimaManausNo DST in 2006
Brunei DarussalamAll locationsBandar Seri BegawanNo DST in 2006
BulgariaAll locationsSofiaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Burkina FasoAll locationsOuagadougouNo DST in 2006
BurundiAll locationsBujumburaNo DST in 2006
CambodiaAll locationsPhnom PenhNo DST in 2006
CameroonAll locationsYaoundéNo DST in 2006
CanadaMost locationsMontrealSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nunavut TerritoryReginaNo DST in 2006
Cape VerdeAll locationsPraiaNo DST in 2006
Central African RepublicAll locationsBanguiNo DST in 2006
ChadAll locationsNdjamenaNo DST in 2006
ChileMost locationsSantiagoSunday, October 15Sunday, March 12
Easter IslandSaturday, October 14Saturday, March 11
ChinaAll locationsBeijingNo DST in 2006
ColombiaAll locationsBogotaNo DST in 2006
ComorosAll locationsMoroniNo DST in 2006
CongoAll locationsBrazzavilleNo DST in 2006
Cook IslandsAll locationsRarotongaNo DST in 2006
Costa RicaAll locationsSan JoseNo DST in 2006
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)All locationsYamoussoukroNo DST in 2006
CroatiaAll locationsZagrebSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
CubaAll locationsHavanaDoes not start this yearSunday, October 29
CyprusAll locationsNicosiaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Czech RepublicAll locationsPragueSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Democratic Republic of the CongoAll locationsKinshasaNo DST in 2006
DenmarkMost locationsCopenhagenSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
GreenlandNuukSaturday, March 25Saturday, October 28
GreenlandQaanaaqSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
DjiboutiAll locationsDjiboutiNo DST in 2006
DominicaAll locationsRoseauNo DST in 2006
Dominican RepublicAll locationsSanto DomingoNo DST in 2006
EcuadorAll locationsQuitoNo DST in 2006
EgyptAll locationsCairoFriday, April 28Friday, September 22
El SalvadorAll locationsSan SalvadorNo DST in 2006
Equatorial GuineaAll locationsMalaboNo DST in 2006
EritreaAll locationsAsmaraNo DST in 2006
EstoniaAll locationsTallinnSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
EthiopiaAll locationsAddis AbabaNo DST in 2006
FijiAll locationsSuvaNo DST in 2006
FinlandAll locationsHelsinkiSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
FranceMost locationsParisSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
French Guiana, Tahiti, Kerguelen, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, Marquesas Islands, French PolynesiaPapeeteNo DST in 2006
Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint-PierreSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
GabonAll locationsLibrevilleNo DST in 2006
GambiaAll locationsBanjulNo DST in 2006
Gaza StripAll locationsGazaSaturday, April 1Friday, September 22
GeorgiaAll locationsTbilisiNo DST in 2006
GermanyAll locationsBerlinSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
GhanaAll locationsAccraNo DST in 2006
GreeceAll locationsAthensSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
GrenadaAll locationsSaint George'sNo DST in 2006
GuatemalaAll locationsGuatemalaSunday, April 30Sunday, October 1
GuineaAll locationsConakryNo DST in 2006
Guinea BissauAll locationsBissauNo DST in 2006
GuyanaAll locationsGeorgetownNo DST in 2006
HaitiAll locationsPort-au-PrinceSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
HondurasAll locationsTegucigalpaSunday, May 7Monday, August 7
HungaryAll locationsBudapestSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
IcelandAll locationsReykjavikNo DST in 2006
IndiaAll locationsNew DelhiNo DST in 2006
IndonesiaAll locationsJakartaNo DST in 2006
IranAll locationsTehranNo DST in 2006
IraqAll locationsBaghdadSaturday, April 1Sunday, October 1
IrelandAll locationsDublinSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Isle of ManAll locationsDouglasSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
IsraelAll locationsJerusalemFriday, March 31Sunday, October 1
ItalyAll locationsRomeSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
JamaicaAll locationsKingstonNo DST in 2006
JapanAll locationsTokyoNo DST in 2006
JordanAll locationsAmmanFriday, March 31Friday, October 27
KazakstanAll locationsAlmatyNo DST in 2006
KenyaAll locationsNairobiNo DST in 2006
KiribatiAll locationsKiritimatiNo DST in 2006
KosovoAll locationsPristinaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
KuwaitAll locationsKuwait CityNo DST in 2006
KyrgyzstanAll locationsBishkekNo DST in 2006
LaosAll locationsVientianeNo DST in 2006
LatviaAll locationsRigaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
LebanonAll locationsBeirutSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
LesothoAll locationsMaseruNo DST in 2006
LiberiaAll locationsMonroviaNo DST in 2006
LibyaAll locationsTripoliNo DST in 2006
LiechtensteinAll locationsVaduzSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
LithuaniaAll locationsVilniusSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
LuxembourgAll locationsLuxembourgSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
MacedoniaAll locationsSkopjeSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
MadagascarAll locationsAntananarivoNo DST in 2006
MalawiAll locationsLilongweNo DST in 2006
MalaysiaAll locationsKuala LumpurNo DST in 2006
MaldivesAll locationsMaleNo DST in 2006
MaliAll locationsBamakoNo DST in 2006
MaltaAll locationsVallettaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Marshall IslandsAll locationsMajuroNo DST in 2006
MauritaniaAll locationsNouakchottNo DST in 2006
MauritiusAll locationsPort LouisNo DST in 2006
MexicoMost locationsMexico CitySunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
SonoraHermosilloNo DST in 2006
MicronesiaAll locationsPalikirNo DST in 2006
MoldovaAll locationsChisinauSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
MonacoAll locationsMonacoSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
MongoliaAll locationsUlaanbaatarSaturday, March 25Saturday, September 30
MontenegroAll locationsPodgoricaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
MoroccoAll locationsCasablancaNo DST in 2006
MozambiqueAll locationsMaputoNo DST in 2006
MyanmarAll locationsYangonNo DST in 2006
NamibiaAll locationsWindhoekSunday, September 3Sunday, April 2
NauruAll locationsYarenNo DST in 2006
NepalAll locationsKathmanduNo DST in 2006
NetherlandsMost locationsAmsterdamSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Saint MartinOranjestadNo DST in 2006
New ZealandMost locationsAucklandSunday, October 1Sunday, March 19
TokelauFakaofoNo DST in 2006
NicaraguaAll locationsManaguaSunday, April 30Sunday, October 1
NigerAll locationsNiameyNo DST in 2006
NigeriaAll locationsLagosNo DST in 2006
NiueAll locationsAlofiNo DST in 2006
North KoreaAll locationsPyongyangNo DST in 2006
NorwayAll locationsOsloSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
OmanAll locationsMuscatNo DST in 2006
PakistanAll locationsIslamabadNo DST in 2006
PalauAll locationsKororNo DST in 2006
PanamaAll locationsPanamaNo DST in 2006
Papua New GuineaAll locationsPort MoresbyNo DST in 2006
ParaguayAll locationsAsuncionSunday, October 15Sunday, March 12
PeruAll locationsLimaNo DST in 2006
PhilippinesAll locationsManilaNo DST in 2006
PolandAll locationsWarsawSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
PortugalAll locationsLisbonSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Puerto RicoAll locationsSan JuanNo DST in 2006
QatarAll locationsDohaNo DST in 2006
Reunion (French)All locationsSaint-DenisNo DST in 2006
RomaniaAll locationsBucharestSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Russian FederationAll locationsMoscowSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
RwandaAll locationsKigaliNo DST in 2006
Saint Kitts and NevisAll locationsBasseterreNo DST in 2006
Saint LuciaAll locationsCastriesNo DST in 2006
Saint Vincent and GrenadinesAll locationsKingstownNo DST in 2006
SamoaAll locationsApiaNo DST in 2006
San MarinoAll locationsSan MarinoSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Sao Tome and PrincipeAll locationsSão ToméNo DST in 2006
Saudi ArabiaAll locationsRiyadhNo DST in 2006
SenegalAll locationsDakarNo DST in 2006
SerbiaAll locationsBelgradeSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
SeychellesAll locationsVictoriaNo DST in 2006
Sierra LeoneAll locationsFreetownNo DST in 2006
SingaporeAll locationsSingaporeNo DST in 2006
Slovak RepublicAll locationsBratislavaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
SloveniaAll locationsLjubljanaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Solomon IslandsAll locationsHoniaraNo DST in 2006
SomaliaAll locationsMogadishuNo DST in 2006
South AfricaAll locationsJohannesburgNo DST in 2006
South KoreaAll locationsSeoulNo DST in 2006
SpainAll locationsMadridSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Sri LankaAll locationsColomboNo DST in 2006
SudanAll locationsKhartoumNo DST in 2006
SurinameAll locationsParamariboNo DST in 2006
SwazilandAll locationsMbabaneNo DST in 2006
SwedenAll locationsStockholmSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
SwitzerlandAll locationsGenevaSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
SyriaAll locationsDamascusSaturday, April 1Thursday, September 21
TaiwanAll locationsTaipeiNo DST in 2006
TajikistanAll locationsDushanbeNo DST in 2006
TanzaniaAll locationsDar es SalaamNo DST in 2006
ThailandAll locationsBangkokNo DST in 2006
Timor-LesteAll locationsDiliNo DST in 2006
TogoAll locationsLomeNo DST in 2006
TongaAll locationsNukualofaNo DST in 2006
Trinidad and TobagoAll locationsPort of SpainNo DST in 2006
TunisiaAll locationsTunisSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
TurkeyAll locationsAnkaraSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
TurkmenistanAll locationsAshgabatNo DST in 2006
TuvaluAll locationsFunafutiNo DST in 2006
UgandaAll locationsKampalaNo DST in 2006
UkraineAll locationsKyivSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
United Arab EmiratesAll locationsDubaiNo DST in 2006
United KingdomMost locationsLondonSunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
Grand Cayman, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Helena, Pitcairn IslandsGeorgetownNo DST in 2006
Bermuda, Turks and Caicos IslandsHamiltonSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
Falkland IslandsStanleySunday, September 3Sunday, April 16
United StatesMost locationsWashington DCSunday, April 2Sunday, October 29
Mariana Islands, Hawaii, Arizona, British Indian Ocean Territory, Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, American SamoaHonoluluNo DST in 2006
UruguayAll locationsMontevideoSunday, October 1Sunday, March 12
UzbekistanAll locationsTashkentNo DST in 2006
VanuatuAll locationsPort VilaNo DST in 2006
Vatican City StateAll locationsVatican CitySunday, March 26Sunday, October 29
VenezuelaAll locationsCaracasNo DST in 2006
VietnamAll locationsHanoiNo DST in 2006
West BankAll locationsBethlehemSaturday, April 1Friday, September 22
Western SaharaAll locationsEl AaiúnNo DST in 2006
YemenAll locationsAdenNo DST in 2006
ZambiaAll locationsLusakaNo DST in 2006
ZimbabweAll locationsHarareNo DST in 2006

Daylight Saving Time statistics for 2006

Daylight Saving Time observance?Count
Countries which do not observe DST at all128
Countries where at least one location observe DST76
–Countries where all locations observe DST some part of the year66
–Countries where many, but not all locations observe DST10

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