Daylight saving time 2026 ended today. Here's what time the clocks changed and more key details.
Key Points:
- Daylight saving time ended at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, allowing most Americans to "fall back" and gain an extra hour of sleep after the clocks were set back one hour.
- Daylight saving time, first adopted in 1918, shifts clocks forward in spring to extend evening daylight and reverts to standard time in fall to provide earlier morning light during shorter days.
- Legislation called the Sunshine Protection Act, aiming to make daylight saving time permanent, has passed the House but faces uncertainty in the Senate and must be approved before early January when new lawmakers take office.
- Hawaii, most of Arizona, and several U.S. territories do not observe daylight saving time, while the Navajo Nation in Arizona follows it to align with neighboring states.
- Phones set to update automatically should have adjusted overnight to reflect the end of daylight saving time without manual intervention.