When to change your clocks in 2024, 2025

When it comes to Daylight Saving Time, mark your calendars, we will be moving to Daylight Saving Time in less than a month.

Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 2 a.m. marks the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST), which runs from March to November, and the moment when the smart devices around you automatically change their clocks by one hour and many people by one Reset hour The country will take the opportunity to get an extra hour of sleep.

Each year, states that participate in Daylight Saving Time turn their clocks back on the first Sunday in November.

Don't forget to change the time on your battery-operated clocks, kitchen appliances or car clocks.

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When did summer time start? What is summer time for?

Daylight saving time, which you've learned about today, dates back to the Uniform Time Act of 1966, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. However, according to the Congressional Research Service, Daylight Saving Time originally applied from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.

It wasn't until 2005 that daylight saving time was shifted from April to October to March to November through the Energy Policy Act, which amended the Uniform Time Act.

Now the second Sunday in March marks the beginning of daylight saving time and the first Sunday in November marks the end of daylight saving time, advancing the original goal of saving energy across the country and making use of natural daylight.

When does daylight saving time start in 2025?

The next time you change your clocks after November 3rd will be when Daylight Saving Time begins again in March 2025.

On Sunday, March 9th, you'll lose an hour of sleep and move your clocks forward an hour.

Which US states don't observe daylight saving time?

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the only two states that do not participate in daylight saving time are Hawaii and most of Arizona, with the exception of the Navajo Nation, which extends across parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.

In addition to Arizona and Hawaii, five US territories also do not participate in daylight saving time:

American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
US Virgin Islands

Will New York continue to participate in Daylight Saving Time?

A bill aimed at making daylight saving time the year-round standard time nationwide is pending and currently in committee.

At least 30 states have considered or are considering daylight saving time laws or resolutions. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, nineteen states have actually passed laws or passed resolutions to implement daylight saving time year-round.

According to the Congressional Research Service, while the Uniform Time Act allows states to opt out of participating in daylight saving time, they cannot change the length of daylight saving time or change time zones independently.

On the contrary, if a state chooses to continue observing Daylight Saving Time, it must adhere to federally mandated dates.

A 2023 version of the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent across the country, has been introduced in the House and is in committee.

When to change your clocks in 2024, 2025

ByVanessa

When did summer time start? What is summer time for?

When does daylight saving time start in 2025?

Which US states don't observe daylight saving time?

Will New York continue to participate in Daylight Saving Time?

By Vanessa

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