Daylight Saving Time/ Summer Time starts in March or April in the northern hemisphere and September or October in the southern hemisphere.
Here are all the start dates and times for Daylight Saving Time/ Summer Time listed alphabetically by country or, in the case of Europe, continent:
Australia, except Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island and Norfolk Island
- - - the 1st Sunday of October at 02:00 local Standard Time
- - - - - - (01:59:59 LHST --> 02:30:00 LHDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 AEST --> 03:00:00 AEDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 ACST --> 03:00:00 ACDT)
Bahamas
- - - the 2nd Sunday of March at 02:00 EST
- - - - - - (01:59:59 EST --> 03:00:00 EDT)
Bermuda (U.K.)
- - - the 2nd Sunday of March at 02:00 AST
- - - - - - (01:59:59 AST --> 03:00:00 ADT)
Brazil: in Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Goias, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo only
- - - the 3rd Sunday of October at 00:00 local Standard Time
- - - - - - (23:59:59 AMT --> 01:00:00 AMST)
- - - - - - (23:59:59 BRT --> 01:00:00 BRST)
Canada: all except most of Saskatchewan, Southampton Island, parts of British Columbia, parts of Ontario, and part of eastern Quebec
- - - the 2nd Sunday of March at 02:00 local Standard Time
- - - - - - (01:59:59 NST --> 03:00:00 NDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 AST --> 03:00:00 ADT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 EST --> 03:00:00 EDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 CST --> 03:00:00 CDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 MST --> 03:00:00 MDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 PST --> 03:00:00 PDT)
Chile, including Easter Island
- - - the day after the 2nd Saturday of October at 00:00 CLT
- - - - - - (23:59:59 CLT --> 01:00:00 CLST)
- - - - - - (21:59:59 EAST --> 23:00:00 EASST)
Cuba
- - - the 2nd Sunday of March at 00:00 Cuba Standard Time
- - - - - - (23:59:59 CST --> 01:00:00 CDT)
Europe: all except Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Iceland
- - - the last Sunday of March at 01:00 UTC (00:00 UTC in Azerbaijan)
- - - - - - (03:59:59 AZT --> 05:00:00 AZST)
- - - - - - (02:59:59 EET --> 04:00:00 EEST)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 CET --> 03:00:00 CEST)
- - - - - - (00:59:59 WET --> 02:00:00 WEST)
- - - - - - (00:59:59 GMT --> 02:00:00 BST)
- - - - - - (00:59:59 GMT --> 02:00:00 IST)
Fiji
- - - the Sunday after the 3rd Thursday of October at 02:00 FJT
- - - - - - (01:59:59 FJT --> 03:00:00 FJST)
Greenland (Denmark): all except the Danmarkshavn area
- - - the 2nd Sunday of March at 02:00 AST in the Qaanaaq area
- - - - - - (01:59:59 AST --> 03:00:00 ADT)
- - - the last Sunday of March at 01:00 UTC elsewhere
- - - - - - (23:59:59 EGT --> 01:00:00 EGST)
- - - - - - (21:59:59 WGT --> 23:00:00 WGST)
Iran
- - - 21 or 22 March at 00:00 IRST
- - - - - - (23:59:59 IRST --> 01:00:00 IRDT)
Israel
- - - the day after the last Thursday of March at 02:00 IST
- - - - - - (01:59:59 IST --> 03:00:00 IDT)
Jordan
- - - the day after the last Thursday of March at 00:00 EET
- - - - - - (23:59:59 EET --> 01:00:00 EEST)
Lebanon
- - - the last Sunday of March at 00:00 EET
- - - - - - (23:59:59 EET --> 01:00:00 EEST)
Mexico: all except Sonora
- - - the 2nd Sunday of March at 02:00 local Standard Time in 10 cities along the U.S. border
- - - the 1st Sunday of April at 02:00 local Standard Time in most of the country
- - - - - - (01:59:59 CST --> 03:00:00 CDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 MST --> 03:00:00 MDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 PST --> 03:00:00 PDT)
Morocco
- - - the last Sunday of April at 02:00 WET
- - - 2 Shawwal at 02:00 WET (Summer Time resumes after being suspended for the month of Ramadan)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 WET --> 03:00:00 WEST)
Namibia
- - - the 1st Sunday of September at 02:00 WAT
- - - - - - (01:59:59 WAT --> 03:00:00 WAST)
New Zealand: the mainland and the Chatham Islands
- - - the last Sunday of September at 02:00 NZST
- - - - - - (02:44:59 CHAST --> 03:45:00 CHADT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 NZST --> 03:00:00 NZDT)
Paraguay
- - - the 1st Sunday of October at 00:00 PYT
- - - - - - (23:59:59 PYT --> 01:00:00 PYST)
Saint-Pierre & Miquelon Islands (France)
- - - the 2nd Sunday of March at 02:00 PMST
- - - - - - (01:59:59 PMST --> 03:00:00 PMDT)
Samoa
- - - the last Sunday of September at 03:00 West Samoa Time
- - - - - - (02:59:59 WST --> 04:00:00 WSST)
Syria
- - - the last Friday of March at 00:00 EET
- - - - - - (23:59:59 EET --> 01:00:00 EEST)
Turks & Caicos Islands (U.K.)
- - - the 2nd Sunday of March at 02:00 EST
- - - - - - (01:59:59 EST --> 03:00:00 EDT)
United States of America: all except Hawaii, Arizona outside of the Navaho Nation, Metlakatla AK, and the five unincorporated territories
- - - the 2nd Sunday of March at 02:00 local Standard Time
- - - - - - (01:59:59 EST --> 03:00:00 EDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 CST --> 03:00:00 CDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 MST --> 03:00:00 MDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 PST --> 03:00:00 PDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 AKST --> 03:00:00 AKDT)
- - - - - - (01:59:59 HAST --> 03:00:00 HADT)
Uruguay
- - - the 1st Sunday of October at 02:00 UYT
- - - - - - (01:59:59 UYT --> 03:00:00 UYST)
1932
Daylight saving time starts in spring. I can't wait for daylight to go outside and play.
Daylight Saving Time Started May 2nd and ended October 31 in 1949.
If daylight savings never started, the time would always remain constant at Standard Time, which is typically one hour behind Daylight Saving Time. This means that during the summer months, the time would be one hour earlier than it currently is with daylight savings in effect.
this year in 2010 it started some Sunday in march.
The daylight savings time for the year 2013 has already started and it was on March 10, 2013. The time in which daylight savings time will end is on November 3, 2013 at 2:00 AM.
I believe it to have started when Benjamin Franklin invented it. I could be wrong however. It might have taken longer before it was realized!
The United States started Daylight Saving Time on March 8, 2020. The clocks are typically set forward by one hour in the spring to make better use of daylight.
Kentucky started observing daylight saving time in 1918, following the passage of the Standard Time Act. This legislation established a system of nationwide time zones and daylight saving time. Kentucky has continued to observe daylight saving time since then.
Daylight saving time was invented to make better use of daylight during the longer days of spring and summer, and to reduce energy consumption by having more activity during daylight hours. It aims to align human activities more closely with the natural light cycle.
First of all it is Daylight SAVING time, not savings. Florida went on Daylight SAVING Time in 1970.
Ben Franklin, Originally started to conserve the whale oil that was used in lamps to provide illumination at night and early morning.