Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. Clocks slip back one hour to 1 a.m. Most of the country returns to standard time, and locations observing daylight saving time get an extra hour overnight.
Most smartphones, computers, and other internet-connected devices update on their own. Clocks on appliances and in vehicles may need a manual change. After the switch, the sun rises and sets about an hour earlier by the clock.
In Detroit, sunset arrives around 5:25 p.m. on Nov. 1. Atlanta sees the sun go down at about 5:45 p.m. that day, and before 5:30 p.m. by Nov. 30.
Current law starts daylight saving time on the second Sunday in March and ends it on the first Sunday in November. That schedule took effect in 2007. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 gave Congress a national system to build on. The United States first used daylight saving time in 1918.
On July 14, the U.S. House voted 308-117 to pass the Sunshine Protection Act. It has not yet passed the Senate. So the Nov. 1 change goes ahead as planned.
Not every place changes its clocks. Hawaii and most of Arizona stay on standard time all year, and so do American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Supporters want more daylight in the evening. Critics, including sleep and medical experts, worry about dark winter mornings and the toll on circadian rhythms.
The clocks move again at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 14, 2027, when they jump forward to 3 a.m.
