- Daylight saving time ends on Nov. 2 at 2 a.m. local time.
- Clocks will be turned back an hour, adding more daylight in the morning.
- Next year, daylight saving time will begin on Sunday, March 8.
November is just around the corner, and coming with it is the end of daylight saving time.
Though lawmakers in many states and at the federal level have tried to get rid of the time change, it still happens twice a year for most of the U.S.
Here’s a look at what you need to know about the upcoming movement of clocks.
When does daylight saving time end?
Daylight saving time will end for the year on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 a.m. local time.
This year’s end to daylight saving time comes a day earlier than last year and is on the second-earliest possible date for the time change, per USA Today. Because daylight saving time falls on the first Sunday in November, the earliest possible date is Nov. 1.
On Sunday, clocks will be turned back an hour, meaning people will gain an hour. This makes it so there is more daylight in winter mornings.
This will also cause it to get darker earlier in the evenings across the U.S.
When will daylight saving time start next year?
Daylight saving time lasts from March to November, and next year, it will begin on Sunday, March 8.
In March, the clocks will be turned forward an hour, meaning people will lose an hour. The spring time change adds more daylight in the evenings.
Which states don’t observe daylight saving time?
The only two states in the country that don’t participate in daylight saving time are Hawaii and most of Arizona — excluding the Navajo Nation. These areas remain in standard time year-round.
There are also five U.S. territories that don’t participate in daylight saving time: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, per ABC News.
When did daylight saving time start and why?
Daylight saving time has been around in the U.S. for over 100 years. It was established in 1918 following the passage of the Calder Act, or the Standard Time Act, per ABC News.
The time change was enacted as a way to maximize daylight hours to help save on energy consumption during World War I.
Over the following decades, legislators unsuccessfully attempted to repeal daylight saving time nationally. Some individual states and cities got rid of the time change.
Congress passed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, establishing a uniform daylight saving time throughout the U.S. This required states that observe daylight saving time to follow the federally mandated start and end dates, per ABC News.
States are still allowed to enact state law to exempt themselves from observing the time change.
The Sunshine Protection Act, which would have gotten rid of the time change and made daylight saving time permanent across the U.S., was reintroduced in Congress in January 2025. The bill still has not yet been brought to a vote.