Overview
- Daylight saving time starts Sunday, March 8, 2026, at 2 a.m. local time when clocks jump to 3 a.m., then ends Nov. 1 at 2 a.m.
- Most of the country observes the change, while Hawaii, most of Arizona, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands do not.
- Federal rules under the Uniform Time Act keep the national schedule, allowing states to stay on standard time year‑round but barring permanent daylight saving time without congressional approval.
- President Donald Trump has called for ending the biannual clock changes, yet the Senate blocked a late‑2025 bill that would have enabled year‑round daylight saving time at the state level.
- British Columbia will make March 8 its final clock change, shifting to permanent daylight saving time and adding cross‑border inconsistencies with neighboring U.S. jurisdictions.