Overview
- The federal Daylight Saving period ends at 2:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when clocks that observe DST must be set back one hour to return to standard time.
- Miami and Orlando will move from Eastern Daylight Time (UTC‑4) to Eastern Standard Time (UTC‑5) on that date, while 10 Panhandle counties and parts of Gulf County in Florida follow Central Time and adjust according to their local zone.
- Florida’s 2018 Sunshine Protection Act expresses state intent to keep permanent daylight saving but cannot take effect without a change to federal law under the Uniform Time Act.
- H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, passed the House 308–117 on July 14, 2026 and was referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, but it had not been enacted as of mid‑August 2026.
- Most modern phones and computers will update automatically if set to the correct time zone, so people should check device settings and manually adjust analog clocks, vehicle clocks and other non‑automatic systems before or during the early hours of November 1 to avoid missed appointments and schedule errors.