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• Country / Region-specific Daylight Saving Time Notes at Bottom of page
• [GMT = Greenwich Mean Time]
• All numbers shown are from the U.S. (dial 011 + country code + city code & number)
• from the U.K. and most Western European countries, dial 00 + country code + city code & number.
• GMT is an absolute time reference & doesn't change with the seasons. See end notes for Country/ Region-specific Daylight Saving Time information.

Algeria (011) + (213) + City (Algiers 21) + number
Time: +1 GMT

Argentina (011) + (54) + City (Buenos Aires 11; Bahía Blanca 291;
Rosario 341; Córdoba 351; La Plata 221; Mar de Plata 223; Mendoza 261) + number Time: -3 GMT

Australia (011) + (61) + City (Adelaide 8; Brisbane 7; Canberra 2; Melbourne 3; Perth 8; Sydney 2) + number
Time: +8 to +10 GMT / [see end notes]

Austria (011) + (43) + City (Graz 316; Innsbruck 512; Klagenfurt 463; Linz 70; Salzburg 662; Vienna 1) + number
Time: -1 GMT

Aruba (011) + (297) + City (Oranjestad 8) + number
Time: -4 GMT

Bahamas (011) + Area Code 1242 + number
Time: -4 GMT

Barbados (011) + Area Code 246 + number
Time: -4 GMT

Belgium (011) + (32) + City (Antwerp 3; Bruges 50; Brussels 2; Ghent 9; Mechelen 15) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Bermuda (011) + City (Hamilton 441) + number
Time: -4 GMT

Bolivia (011) + (591) + City (Cochabamba 4; La Paz 2; Oruro 52; Potosí 62; Sucre 4) + number
Time: -4 GMT

Bosnia & Herzegovina (011) + (387) + City (Sarajevo 33) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Brazil (011) + (55) + City (Belo Horizonte 31; Brasilia 61; Rio de Janeiro 21; Santos 13; Sao Paulo 11) + number Time: -3 to -5 GMT (mostly -3 GMT)

Bulgaria (011) + (359) + City (Burgas 56; Plovdiv 32; Ruse 82; Sofia 2; Varna 52) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Canada (1) + City Area Codes (Calgary 587; Edmonton 780; Halifax 902; Montreal 514; also 438, 450 & 579; Ottawa 613; Quebec 418; Toronto 416; Vancouver 604; Winnipeg 204) + number
Time: -3:30, Newfoundland to -8, British Columbia GMT [see end notes]

Cayman Islands (011) + (345) + number
Time: -5 GMT

Chile (011) + (56) + City (Concepcion 41; Santiago 2; Valparaiso 32) + number
Time: -3 GMT

China (011) + (86) + City (Beijing 1, Fuzhou 591, Guangzhou 20, Hefei 551, Nanjing 25, Shanghai 21, Tianjin 22, Xian 29) + number
Time: +8 GMT

Colombia (011) + (57) + City (Bogotá 1, Medellín 4, Cali 2, Barranquilla 5, Cartagona 5) + number
Time: -5 GMT

Croatia (011) + (385) + City (Dubrovnik 20; Rijeka 51, Zagreb 1) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Cuba (011) + (53) + City (Havana 7; Guantanamo 21; Santiago de Cuba 22; Granma 23; Holguin 24; Guantanamo Bay 99) + number
Time: -4 GMT

Curacao (011) + (599-9) + number
Time: -4 GMT

Cyprus (011) + (357) + City (Larnaca 24; Limassol 25; Nicosia 22) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Czech Republic (011) + (420) + City (Brno 5; Prague 2; Ostrava 69) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Denmark (011) + (45) + City (Copenhagen 32) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Dominican Republic (011) + Area Code 809 and 829 + number
Time: -4 GMT

Ecuador (011) + (593) + City (Guayaquil 4, Quito 2) + number
Time: -5 GMT

Egypt (011) + (20) + City (Alexandria 3, Cairo 2, Port Said 66) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Estonia (011) + (372) + City (Tallinn, just country code; Valga 76) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Finland (011) + (358) + City (Espoo-Esbo 9; Helsinki 9; Mariehamn 18, Pori 2; Tammefors 3; Turku-Abo 2) + number
Time: +3 GMT

France (011) + (33) + City (Bordeaux 556; Lyon 562; Marseille 491; Montpellier 467; Paris 1; Strasbourg 388; Toulouse 5) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Germany (011) + (49) + City (Baden-Baden 7221; Berlin 30; Bonn 228; Bremen 421; Cologne [Koln] 221; Dresden 351; Dusseldorf 211; Frankfurt am Main 69; Hamburg 40; Leipzig 341; Mannheim 621; Munich (München) 89; Rostock 381; Stuttgart 711; Schwerin Meckl 385) + number
Time: +1 GMT

Greece (011) + (30) + City (Athens 21; Corfu 2661; Crete 2821; Rhodes 2241) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Guam (011) + (1671) + number
Time: +10 GMT

Guatemala (011) + (502) + City (Guatemala City 2; San Jose 309) + number
Time: -6 GMT

Haiti (011) + (509) + City (Port au Prince) + number
Time: -4 GMT

Honduras (011) + (504) + City (San Pedro Sula 5; Tegucigalpa 2) + number
Time: -6 GMT

Hong Kong (011) + (852) + number
Time: +8 GMT

Hungary (011) + (36) + City (Budapest 1; Debrecen 52; Gyor 96; Miskolc 46; Pecs 72) + number
Time: +2 GMT

India (011) + (91) + City (Bangalore 80; Bombay 22; Calcutta 33; Hyderabad 40; Madras 44; New Delhi 11) + number
Time: +5:30 GMT

Indonesia (011) + (62) + City (Bandung 22; Denpasar Bali 361; Jakarta 21; Mandiun 351; Padang 751; Palembang 711; Semarang 24; Surabaya 31) + number
Time: +7 to +8 GMT

Iran (011) + (98) + City (Esfahan 31; Tabriz 41; Teheran 21) + number
Time: +4:30 GMT

 

Iraq (011) + (964) + City (Baghdad 1; Basra 40; Kirkuk 50) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Ireland (011) + (353) + City (Cork 21; Dublin 1; Galway 91; Limerick 61; Shannon Airport 61; Waterford 51) + number
Time: +1 GMT

Israel (011) + (972) + City (Hadera 6; Haifa 4; Jerusalem 2; Tel Aviv 3) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Italy (011) + (39) + City (Bologna 051; Florence 055; Genoa 010; Milan 02; Naples 081; Rome 06; Turin 011) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Jamaica (011) + Area Code 876 + City (Falmouth 859; Kingston 770; Reading 610) + number
Time: -5 GMT

Japan (011) + (81) + City (Hiroshima 82; Kobe 78; Kyoto 75; Osaka 6; Tokyo 3; Yokohama 45) + number
Time: +9 GMT

Jordan (011) + (962) + City (Amman 6; Ma’an 3; Zarka 9) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Kazakhstan (011) + (7) + City (Almaty 727; Chimkent 725; Karaganda 721) + number
Time: +6 GMT

Kenya (011) + (254) + City (Kisumu 57; Mombasa 41; Nairobi 20; Nakuru 51) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Korea (South) (011) + (82) + City (Cheju 64; Inchon 32; Kwangju 62; Seoul 2; Ulsan 52) + number
Time: +9 GMT

Kuwait (011) + (965) + City (Safat 252) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Laos (011) + (856) + City (Vientiane 21) + number
Time: +7 GMT

Latvia (011) + (371) + City (Bauska 39;Riga 2) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Lebanon (011) + (961) + City (Beirut 1; Jounieh 9; Tripoli 6) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Libya (011) + (218) + City (Benghazi 61; Tripoli 21; Tripoli International Airport 22) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Liechtenstein (011) + (41) + City (Vaduz, just country code) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Lithuania (011) + (370) + City (Kaunas 37; Vilnius 521) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Luxembourg (011) + (352) + City (Burange 51; Han/Lesse 84; Kirchberg 352; Mersch 32) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Malawi (011) + (265) + City (Domasi 531; Lilongwe 265; Luchenza 477; Makwasa 474; Zomba 56) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Malaysia (011) + (60) + City (Ipoh 5; Kuala Lumpur 3; Penang 4) + number
Time: +7 GMT

Malta (011) + (356) + City (Valletta 626) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Mexico (011) + (52) + City (Acapulco 74; Cabo San Lucas 624; Córdoba 271; Guadalajara 3; León 47; Mexico City 55; Tijuana 664; Veracruz 29) + number
Time: -5 GMT, Mexico City [see end notes]

Morocco (011) + (212) + City (Agadir 88; Casablanca 2; Fes 5; Marrakech 4; Rabat 77; Tangier 9) + number
Time: 0 GMT

Netherlands Antilles (011) + (599) + City / Island (Bonaire 7; Curacao 9; Saba 4; St. Maarten 5); St. Eustatius 3) + number Time: -4 GMT

Netherlands (011) + (31) + City (Amsterdam 20; Groningen 50; The Hague 70; Hengelo 74; Hilversum 35; Maastricht 43; Nijmegen 24; Noordwijk 71; Rotterdam 10; Tilburg 13; Utrecht 30; Venlo 77) + number Time: +2 GMT

Nepal (011) + (977) + City (Bhaktapur 1; Katmandu 1) + number
Time: +5:45 GMT

Nicaragua (011) + (505) + City (Chinandega 341; Granada 55; León 311; Managua 2; Matagalpa 612; Rivas 46; Tipitapa 53) + number
Time: -6 GMT

New Zealand (011) + (64) + City (Auckland 9; Christchurch 3; Dunedin 3; Invercargill 3; Wellington 4; Whangarei 9) + number
Time: +13 GMT

Nigeria (011) + (234) + City (Ibadan 2; Kaduna 62; Kano 64; Lagos 1; Port Harcourt 84) + number
Time: +1 GMT

Norway (011) + (47) + City (Arendal 37; Bergen 5; Drammen 32; Halden 69; Lysaker 67; Oslo 2; Tromso 77) + number
Time: +1 GMT

Oman (011) + (968) + City (Muscat 24) + number
Time: +4 GMT

Pakistan (011) + (92) + City (Hyderabad 221; Islamabad 51; Karachi 21; Lahore 42) + number
Time: +5 GMT

Panama (011) + (507) for all cities + number
Time: -5 GMT

Papua New Guinea (011) + (675) + City (Port Moresby, no additional code required) + number
Time: +10 GMT

Paraguay (011) + (595) + City (Asunción 21; Concepción 31; Encarnación 71; San Pedro 42; Villa Hayes 26) + number
Time: -4 GMT

Peru (011) + (51) + City (Arequipa 54; Lima 1; Trujillo 44) + number
Time: -5 GMT

Philippines (011) + (63) + City (Butan City 85; Cebu 32; Manila 2) + number
Time: +8 GMT

Poland (011) + (48) + City (Gdansk 58; Krakow 12; Poznan 61; Szczecin 91; Warsaw 2 [when # has 7 digits] / 22 [when # has 8 digits]; Wroclaw 71) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Portugal (011) + (351) + City (Coimbra 39; Covilha 275; Lisbon 21; Porto 2; Setubal 65) + number
Time: +1 GMT

Puerto Rico (011) + Area Code 787 for San Juan; all other cities 939) + number
Time: -4 GMT

Qatar (011) + (974) + City (Doha, no additional code required) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Romania (011) + (40) + City (Arad 57; Bucharest 1; Constanta 41; Craiova 51; Ploiesti 44) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Russia (011) + (7) + City (Bashkir 347; Moscow 495; Novosibirsk 383; Rostov 863; St. Petersburg 812; Tula 847; Volgograd 8442) + number
Time: +3 in Moscow; to +12 in Anadyr, GMT

Saudi Arabia (011) + (966) + City (Abha 7; Dhahran 3; Jeddah 2; Medina 4; Riyadh 1) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Senegal (011) + (221) + City (Dakar 8; elsewhere 9) + number
Time: 0 GMT

Sierra Leone (011) + (232) + City (Bo 22; Freetown 22; Makeni 22) + number
Time: 0 GMT

Singapore (011) + (65) + number
Time: +8 GMT

Slovakia (011) + (421) + City (Bratislava 2; Jinan 53; Kosice 55) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Slovenia (011) + (386) + City (Ljubljana 1; Menges 1; Postojna 7) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Solomon Islands (011) + (677) + City (Honiara, no additional code required) + number
Time: +11 GMT

Somalia (011) + (252) + City (Mangauno 51; Mogadishu 1) + number
Time: +3 GMT

South Africa (011) + (27) + City (Durban 031; Johannesburg 011; Port Elizabeth 041) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Spain (011) + (34) + City (Barcelona 93; Bilbao 94; Madrid 91; Malaga 95; Palma de Mallorca 971; Seville 95; Valencia 96; Zaragoza 976) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Sri Lanka (011) + (94) + City (Colombo 1; Galle 9; Kandy 8) + number
Time: +5:30 GMT

Sudan (011) + (249) + City (Kassala 411; Khartoum 183; Port Sudan 311) + number
Time: +2 GMT)

Suriname (011) + (597) + City (Paramaribo 97) + number
Time: -3 GMT

Swaziland (011) + (268) + City (Mbabane, no additional code required) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Sweden (011) + (46) + City (Gothenburg [Goteborg] 31; Helsingborg 42; Karlskrona 455; Kristianstad 44; Malmo 40; Norrkoping 11; Stockholm 8; Uppsala18) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Switzerland (011) + (41) + City (Basel 61; Bern 31; Geneva 22; Lausanne 21; Luzern [Lucerne] 41; Montreux 21; Zurich 44 or sometimes 43) + number
Time: +2 GMT

Syria (011) + (963) + City (Aleppo 21; Damascus 11; Hamah 33; Homs 31) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Taiwan (011) + (886) + City (Kaosiun 7; Tainan 6; Taipei 2) + number Time: +8 GMT

Tanzania (011) + (255) + City (Dar es Salaam 22; Dodma 61; Morogoro 223; Mwanza 68; Tabora 62; Zanzíbar 54) + number
Time: +3 GMT

Thailand (011) + (66) + City (Bangkok 2; Chiang Mai 53; Phuket 76) + number
Time: +7 GMT

Trinidad & Tobago (011) + Area Code 868 + City (San Fernando 818) + number
Time: -4 GMT

Turkey (011) + (90) + City (Adana 322; Ankara 312, Erzurum 442; Istanbul 212 [Euro side]; Istanbul 261 [Asian side]; Izmir 232; Izmit 262; Kayseri 352; Konya 332; Samsun 362) + number
Time: +3, Istanbul GMT

Turkmenistan (011) + (993) + City (Ashgabat 12; Dashhowuz 322; Turkmenbashi 379) + number
Time: +5 GMT

Uganda (011) + (256) + City (Entebbe 42; Kampala 41) + number
Time: +3 GMT

United Arab Emirates (011) + (971) + City (Abu Dhabi 2; Al Ain 3; Dubai 4; Sharjah 6) + number
Time: +4 GMT

United Kingdom (011) + (44) + City (Belfast 28; Birmingham 121; Edinburgh 131; Farnborough 1252; Glasgow 141; Leeds 113; Liverpool 151; London 20; Manchester 161; Newcastle 191; Norwich 1603; Southampton 23) + number
Time: +1, London GMT

United States (1) + City Area Codes (Boston 617; Chicago 312; Dallas 214; Denver 303; Fort Worth 682; Honolulu 808; Houston 281; Los Angeles 213; San Francisco 415; Santa Barbara 805; Santa Monica 310; Washington, DC-area 202;) + number
Time: -4, Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands to -10 Hawaii/ Aleutian Islands [see end notes]

Uruguay (011) + (598) + City (Montevideo 2; Durazno 36; Salto 73) + number
Time: -3 GMT

Venezuela (011) + (58) + City (Caracas 212; Maracaibo 61; Maracay 43; Valencia 41) + number
Time: -5:30 GMT

Vietnam (011) + (84) + City (Hanoi 4; Ho Chi Minh City 8) + number
Time: +7 GMT

Africa: Daylight Saving Time (DST) is not used in most of Africa. However, the countries of Libya, Morocco, Namibia, and Western Sahara do observe Daylight Saving Time. Tunisia ended the use of daylight saving time in 2009.

In 2013 Libya delayed the end of Daylight Saving Time. Currently Libya is observing daylight saving time year round. In April 2015 Egypt's cabinet has announced the country will not observe daylight saving time during 2015.

Asia: Most countries in Asia do not use Daylight Saving Time. Countries that do use Daylight Saving Time in Asia are Armenia and Mongolia and in the Middle East Region, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian regions and Syria.

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
Covers the eastern states of Queensland, New South Wales (with the exception of the town of Broken Hill), Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. AEST is equal to Greenwich Mean Time plus 10 hours (GMT +10).

Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
Covers the state of South Australia, the town of Broken Hill in western New South Wales and the Northern Territory. ACST is equal to Greenwich Mean Time plus 9 ½ hours (GMT +9 ½).

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)
Covers Western Australia. AWST is equal to Greenwich Mean Time plus 8 hours (GMT +8).

Australian states except Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia have daylight saving during the summer months. Western Australia operated experimental Summer Time from 2006 - 2009.

Canada: In most of Canada Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. local time on the second Sunday in March. On the first Sunday in November areas on Daylight Saving Time return to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. local time. When Daylight Saving Time begins turn your clocks ahead one hour. At the end of Daylight Saving Time turn your clocks back one hour.

Caribbean: Daylight Saving Time in the Caribbean is used by several countries including the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Haiti, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The beginning and ending times vary for each nation.

Central America: Daylight Saving Time is not currently used in any countries in Central America.

Europe: In Europe Daylight Saving Time is commonly referred to as Summer Time. Summer Time begins at 1:00 a.m. UTC (GMT) on the last Sunday in March. On the last Sunday in October areas on Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) return to Standard Time at 1:00 am UTC (GMT).

Mexico: In most of Mexico daylight saving time begins at 2:00 a.m. local time on the first Sunday in April. On the last Sunday in October areas on daylight saving time fall back to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. local time. Central Standard Time (CST) becomes Central Daylight Time (CDT), and so forth. The states of Sonora and Quintana Roo do not observe daylight saving time.

Middle East: Daylight Saving Time is used in Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian regions, and Syria but each country often has different starting and ending times.

Pacific: Most countries in Oceania and the Central Pacific Ocean Region do not use Daylight Saving Time. Parts of Australia, Chatham Island, Lord Howe Island, New Zealand and Samoa do use Daylight Saving Time.

South America: Daylight Saving Time in South America is used by several countries including Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. In addition, Easter Island and the Falkland Islands, use daylight saving time. The beginning and ending times vary for each country. Due to their global position south of the equator, countries in South America usually start daylight saving time in October or November and end the usage in January through April.

United States: The United States spans 6 time zones. It shares the main four time zones with Canada (Eastern Time, Central Time, Mountain Time and Pacific Time). Hawaii Time and Alaska Time are separate Time zones.