Most of the Unites States moves clocks back one hour in early November. In 2026, daylight saving time ends on Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 a.m. local time.
What changes:
- You get an extra hour of sleep that night
- Sunrise and sunset come an hour earlier
- Evenings get dark earlier, often before 5 p.m. in northern states
- Phones update automatically; some car and oven clocks don’t
Places that don’t switch:
Hawaii and most of Arizona stay on standard time all year, as do Puerto Rico and other US territories.
Calls home:
If your home country doesn’t change clocks, or changes on a different date, your time difference may shift by an hour for a few weeks.
When it starts again:
Daylight saving time begins again on the second Sunday of March.
