When the clocks are turned back in 2025: everything you need to know about transitioning to winter time
28 october 2025 в 19:13
We are almost approaching November, which means that the season has changed again. Americans will set their clocks back for fall 2025 due to the end of daylight saving time. So when can everyone expect to gain an extra hour of sleep?
Find out below when the clocks will be set back this year and learn more about daylight saving time.
Time will fall back on Sunday, November 2nd at 2:00 a.m. local time.
Clocks will spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026. Daylight saving time occurs at a specific period every year: the first on the second Sunday in March, and then on the first Sunday in November.
In the spring, clocks are set forward by one hour, resulting in a slight loss of sleep for Americans. However, in the fall, Americans gain an extra hour of sleep.
The purpose of daylight saving time is energy conservation and more efficient use of daylight. The practice was first introduced in 1918 during World War I.
Calls to abolish daylight saving time have increased over the years. Donald Trump promised his supporters in December 2024 that he and the Republicans would try to eliminate this practice.
«The Republican Party will make every effort to eliminate daylight saving time», - Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social at the time. «Daylight saving time is inconvenient and very expensive for our nation».
However, in March 2025, Trump stated that it is a «50−50 issue», - meaning that it may take time to truly get rid of daylight saving time in the United States.
«It should be the easiest of all, but it’s a 50−50 issue», - Trump said, referring to Reuters. «If something is a 50−50 issue, it’s hard to get worked up about. I suppose people would like to have more light later, but some people want more light earlier because they don’t want to take their kids to school in the dark. Some people like one way, some people like another way, it’s very evenly split»
Find out below when the clocks will be set back this year and learn more about daylight saving time.
Time will fall back on Sunday, November 2nd at 2:00 a.m. local time.
Clocks will spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026. Daylight saving time occurs at a specific period every year: the first on the second Sunday in March, and then on the first Sunday in November.
In the spring, clocks are set forward by one hour, resulting in a slight loss of sleep for Americans. However, in the fall, Americans gain an extra hour of sleep.
The purpose of daylight saving time is energy conservation and more efficient use of daylight. The practice was first introduced in 1918 during World War I.
Calls to abolish daylight saving time have increased over the years. Donald Trump promised his supporters in December 2024 that he and the Republicans would try to eliminate this practice.
«The Republican Party will make every effort to eliminate daylight saving time», - Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social at the time. «Daylight saving time is inconvenient and very expensive for our nation».
However, in March 2025, Trump stated that it is a «50−50 issue», - meaning that it may take time to truly get rid of daylight saving time in the United States.
«It should be the easiest of all, but it’s a 50−50 issue», - Trump said, referring to Reuters. «If something is a 50−50 issue, it’s hard to get worked up about. I suppose people would like to have more light later, but some people want more light earlier because they don’t want to take their kids to school in the dark. Some people like one way, some people like another way, it’s very evenly split»
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