Overview
- Clocks across most of the United States will be set back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, returning the country to standard time for the winter.
- Standard time will remain until daylight saving resumes on March 14, 2027, which means earlier sunrises and earlier sunsets through the winter months.
- Congress has not resolved competing proposals to end the twice‑yearly change, with a 2022 Senate-passed bill for permanent daylight saving and rival measures for permanent standard time stalled in recent sessions.
- Many health and sleep experts oppose permanent daylight saving time because delayed morning light can disrupt circadian rhythms, increase risks for children traveling to school in the dark, and raise longer‑term health and safety concerns.
- A patchwork already exists at the state and territory level—Hawaii, most of Arizona, and several U.S. territories observe permanent standard time—and past experience, including a short‑lived 1974 experiment with year‑round DST, informs today’s debate.