Daylight saving time officially begins at 2 a.m. on March 8. Clocks at that time will be set forward one hour.
This means that sunrise and sunset will come one hour later that day.
When did daylight saving time end in 2025?
Daylight saving time ended at 2 a.m. on Nov. 2, 2025, the first Sunday of that month, when clocks were set back one hour.
This caused sunrise and sunset to each happen one hour earlier.
What is daylight saving time?
Daylight saving time is the part of the year where the majority of the United States advances its clock by one hour.
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), this means the time of day in relation to where the Sun is above the Earth changes by one hour.
“This change helps keep the hours of daylight coordinated with the time that most people are active,” NIST said. “Proponents feel that this saves energy because in the spring and summer months more people may be outside in the evening and not using energy at home.”
When is the spring equinox in 2026?
The vernal equinox, marking the first day of spring, is at 9:46 a.m. CDT on March 20, 2026.
What state don’t have daylight saving time?
There are two states in the U.S. that don’t observe daylight saving time, Hawaii and Arizona, except areas of the Navajo Nation.
Additionally, the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands do not observe it.
How is daylight standard time regulated?
In the past, local policies and laws decided when daylight saving time began or if it was observed at all.
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 set rules nationwide for the dates and regions that observe daylight saving time so transition times stayed the same throughout the country. The same bill also allows states to decide whether to practice daylight saving or not.
The U.S. Department of Transportation oversees and regulates daylight saving time.
Permanent Daylight Saving Time bill introduced in Congress
At the start of 2025, Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, introduced the Sunshine Protection Act and, which would make daylight saving time the new and permanent standard time for the U.S.
Since being introduced last year, the bill has made no movement in the House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate.
Similar bills have been introduced by the House and Senate four times since 2018, with the Senate passing it in 2022, but the House having it die in committee each time.
Has Kansas made changes to daylight saving time?
During the 2025 legislative session, Kansas Senator Kenny Titus, R-Manhattan, introduced a bill that would exempt the state from daylight saving time.
The same bill would have also allowed Kansas to move to permanent daylight saving time if the U.S. Congress established that nationwide.
That bill passed the Kansas Senate 33-7, but was stalled in committee in the Kansas House in 2025.
