Next change:
Oct
26
1 hour Back
Oct 26, 2025, 4:00 am
In small parts of Ukraine

Note: Only some parts of Ukraine used DST in 1940.
Apr 1
Forward 1 hour
Apr 1, 1940 - Daylight Saving Time Started
When local standard time was about to reach
Monday, April 1, 1940, 2:00:00 am clocks were turned forward 1 hour to
Monday, April 1, 1940, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead.
Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on Apr 1, 1940 than the day before. There was more light in the evening and less light in the morning.
Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.
Which Oblasts and Cities With Special Status use Daylight Saving Time in 1940

Areas in Ukraine on standard time all of 1940
DST in Locations in Ukraine in 1940 (47 Locations) | |||||
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Alchevsk | No DST | Kherson | No DST | Pavlograd | No DST |
Alushta | No DST | Khmelnytskyi | No DST | Poltava | No DST |
Berdiansk | No DST | Kramatorsk | No DST | Rivne | No DST |
Bila Tserkva | No DST | Kremenchuk | No DST | Sevastopol | No DST |
Brovary | No DST | Kropyvnytskyi | No DST | Sievierodonetsk | No DST |
Cherkasy | No DST | Kryvyi Rih | No DST | Simferopol | No DST |
Chernihiv | No DST | Kyiv | No DST | Sloviansk | No DST |
Chernivtsi | No DST | L'viv | No DST | Sumy | No DST |
Chernobyl | No DST | Luhansk | No DST | Ternopil | No DST |
Dnipro | No DST | Lutsk | No DST | Uzhhorod | Apr 1 - No End |
Donetsk | No DST | Makiivka | No DST | Vinnytsia | No DST |
Horlivka | No DST | Mariupol | No DST | Yalta | No DST |
Ivano-Frankivsk | No DST | Melitopol | No DST | Yevpatoria | No DST |
Kamianske | No DST | Mykolaiv | No DST | Zaporizhia | No DST |
Kerch | No DST | Nikopol | No DST | Zhytomyr | No DST |
Kharkiv | No DST | Odesa | No DST |
Daylight Saving Time History in Ukraine
- Ukraine first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1940.
- Ukraine has observed DST for 50 years between 1940 and 2025 (DST in at least one location).
- Previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1980.
- See Worldwide DST Statistics