When will it end, when will we relapse?

Ready for an extra hour sleep?

That coveted extra hour for millions of Americans will fall in early November, when the clocks “fall back” an hour and summer time the year is coming to an end.

It will pick up again in March, when the clock “springs forward” and we lose an hour. The biennial time change is intended to add more daylight in the morning and evening, depending on the time of year and the position of the Northern Hemisphere relative to the sun.

The time change can be jarring, disrupting sleep patterns and altering internal schedules for young children pets. But like it or not, the time change is fast approaching.

Here’s what you need to know about daylight saving time, which ends in just a few weeks.

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When does daylight saving time end in 2024?

Daylight saving time ends this year at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, November 3, when we “fall back” and get an extra hour of sleep.

Next year it starts again on Sunday March 9, 2025.

What is daylight saving time?

Daylight Saving Time is the time between March and November when most Americans set their clocks forward one hour.

In November we gain an hour (unlike loss of an hour in the spring) to provide more daylight in winter mornings. When we “leap forward” in March, it is to add more daylight in the evenings. In the Northern Hemisphere the autumnal equinox is Sunday, September 22 and marks the start of the fall season.

When did daylight saving time start in 2024?

Daylight saving time began in 2024 on Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. local time, when our clocks went forward one hour, part of the biennial time change that affects most, but not allAmericans.

Is Daylight Saving Time Ending?

The push to stop changing the clocks was brought to Congress in recent years, when the US Senate passed it unanimously Sunshine Protection Act a bill in 2022 to make summer time permanent.

Although the Sunshine Protection Act passed the Senate unanimously in 2022, the… US House of Representatives did not pass it and President Joe Biden did not sign it.

A 2023 version of the law also remained inactive in Congress.

Does every state observe daylight saving time?

Not all states and US territories participate in summer time.

Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time. Due to the desert climate Arizona does not follow daylight saving time (with the exception of the Navajo Nation). After most of the US passed the Uniform Time Act, the state concluded that there was no good reason to adjust clocks so that sunset would occur an hour later during the hottest months of the year.

There are also five other US territories that are not participating:

American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
US Virgin Islands

The Navajo Nation, located in parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, observes daylight saving time.

Hawaii is the other state that does not observe daylight saving time. Due to its proximity to the equator, there is not much difference between the hours of daylight throughout the year.