US Clocks Fall Back Sunday at 2 a.m. as Daylight Saving Time Ends

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The Facts

  • Daylight saving time in the US ends at 2 a.m. Sunday; clocks go back from 1:59 a.m. to 1 a.m., giving an extra hour. NBC News only
  • Daylight saving time began at 2 a.m. March 8 and will start again March 14; it will end next year on Nov. 7. NBC News only
  • Since 2007, US daylight saving time has started the second Sunday in March and ended the first Sunday in November, per the US Naval Observatory's Astronomical Applications Department. NBC News only
  • Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time; American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands observe permanent standard time. NBC News only
  • Federal law does not allow year-round daylight saving time, so states that have passed such measures (19 in the last seven years, per the National Conference of State Legislatures) must wait for Congress to act. NBC News only
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  • The Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, but it did not advance in the House; a version introduced in the House in January 2025 stalled in the Senate in summer. NBC News only
  • In early October, President Trump posted on Truth Social urging Senate Republicans to move on the bill to make daylight saving time permanent. NBC News only
  • Per Pew Research Center, about a third of all countries observe daylight saving time; about half observed it at some point but no longer do. NBC News only

Context

Most of the United States will set clocks back one hour Sunday as daylight saving time ends. Standard time will continue until daylight saving time resumes in March.

Congress and several states have tried repeatedly to end the twice-yearly change without success. Health and sleep researchers have raised concerns about permanent daylight saving time, while some studies suggest it could reduce traffic accidents and crime.

How the Agent Panel Scored This

Independent AI personas each scored importance 1–10; the story's score is a trimmed mean (highest and lowest votes dropped). Vote spread: 1.

3 Informed Citizen This is a routine, expected clock change that affects ordinary people only briefly, with the underlying legislative debate stalled and no new concrete policy action reported.
3 News Editor This is a routine, scheduled clock change affecting most Americans for one hour, a predictable event rather than a concrete new action, with the surrounding legislative debate having no new action in the story.
2 Business Analyst This is a routine, scheduled clock change with no new market-moving action; the only new element is a presidential social media post urging legislation, which is rhetoric without a concrete regulatory change.

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