Overview
- Standard time resumes nationwide at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, and the fall change remains in place until the next DST start on March 8, 2026.
- Hawaii, most of Arizona and U.S. territories including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands do not change clocks.
- States pursuing permanent time, including Texas with its signed “Texas Time” law, cannot implement it without congressional approval despite the Senate’s 2022 passage of the Sunshine Protection Act.
- Analog clocks and many car dashboards require manual adjustment, while phones, computers and most smartwatches typically switch automatically.
- The time shift arrives two days before New York City’s mayoral election and New Jersey’s gubernatorial election on Tuesday, Nov. 4.