The following table lists the international Daylight-Saving Time (DST) starting and ending dates that TheSky uses to determine when DST begins and ends.
The Time Zone options are found in the Daylight Saving Option (DSO) pop-up.
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Time Zone |
DST Starts |
DST Ends |
Adopting Countries |
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Australia-NSW |
Last Sunday of October |
Last Sunday of March |
Australia (Australian Capital Territory, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales)
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Australia-South |
Last Sunday of October
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Last Sunday of March |
Australia (Broken Hill NSW, South Australia, Victoria)
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Brazil |
Third Sunday of October |
Third Sunday of February |
Brazil
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Chile |
Second Sunday of October |
Second Sunday of March |
Chile
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China |
Third Sunday of April
|
Second Sunday of September |
China
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Cuba |
First Sunday of April |
Second Sunday of October |
Cuba
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Egypt |
First Day of May |
First Day of October |
Egypt
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Europe |
Last Sunday of March |
Last Sunday of October |
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland (Scoresbysund), Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Mongolia (Ulan Bator), Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
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Falkland Islands |
Second Sunday of September |
Third Sunday of April |
Falkland Islands |
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Greenland |
Last Sunday of March |
Fourth Sunday of September |
Greenland (except Scoresbysund and Thule)
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Iran |
21st Day of March |
21st Day September |
Iran
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Israel |
Last Friday of March |
Last Sunday of August |
Israel
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Jordan |
First Friday of April |
Third Friday of September |
Jordan
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Kyrgyzstan |
Second Sunday of April |
Last Sunday of September |
Kyrgyzstan
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Moldova |
First Sunday of March |
Last Sunday of September |
Moldova
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Namibia |
First Sunday of September |
First Sunday of April |
Namibia
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New Zealand |
First Sunday of October |
Third Sunday of March |
New Zealand
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U.S. and Canada |
Second Sunday of March |
First Sunday of November |
Begins March 2007
Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Greenland (Thule), Mexico, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States of America
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Paraguay |
First Sunday of October |
Last Sunday of February |
Paraguay
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Syrian |
First Day of April |
First Day of October |
Iraq, Syria
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Tasmania |
First Sunday of October
|
Last Sunday of March |
Tasmania |
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United Kingdom |
Last Sunday of March |
Last Sunday of October |
England, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland, Wales
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Mexico |
First Sunday of April
|
Last Sunday of October |
Mexico |