Daylight saving time will come to an end on the first Sunday of November. The twice-yearly clock adjustment, which begins in March by moving clocks forward an hour and concludes in November with a fallback hour, is generally met with discontent. A Yougov poll conducted last March revealed that 62% of Americans prefer to eliminate daylight saving time altogether.
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from Rhode Island proposed legislation to abolish daylight saving time nationally, which passed the Senate unanimously in 2022. However, the measure stalled in the House of Representatives and has not progressed.
In 2024, daylight saving time will begin on March 10 and conclude on November 3. On that date, clocks will be set back one hour. For most digital devices such as smartphones, smartwatches, and computers connected to the internet, the time change will occur automatically, while manual adjustments will be necessary for any non-internet-connected clocks.
Daylight saving time for 2025 is set to commence on March 9.
The rationale behind daylight saving time, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, is to maximize the use of natural daylight during the summer months. The current framework for daylight saving time in the United States was established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and took effect in 2007. The concept has a historical precedent, having been implemented during World War I and II to conserve energy, with Germany being the first nation to adopt it for this reason.
Certain states and territories do not observe daylight saving time, including Hawaii, Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation), Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.