Overview
- Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 2, with clocks set back one hour; most phones update automatically as sunsets shift earlier.
- An effort to fast‑track a bill for permanent daylight saving time was halted after Sen. Tom Cotton objected, pausing the latest push in the Senate.
- Nineteen states have passed laws to adopt year‑round daylight saving time, but they cannot take effect without congressional approval; states may choose year‑round standard time, as Arizona and Hawaii do.
- A new AP‑NORC poll finds only 12% of U.S. adults favor the twice‑yearly clock change, and 56% say they would prefer permanent daylight saving time if forced to choose one system.
- Medical groups urge ending seasonal shifts, and Stanford researchers estimate the greatest health gains under permanent standard time compared with both the current system and permanent daylight saving time.