Daylight saving time arrives for 2026. Here's what to know.
Summary
Daylight saving time began across most of the United States on March 8, 2026, when clocks moved ahead one hour at 2 a.m. It is scheduled to end on November 1, when clocks return to standard time.Key Facts
- Most Americans lost one hour of sleep when clocks jumped from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. on March 8.
- Daylight saving time shifts an hour of daylight from morning to evening.
- The current start date, the second Sunday in March, has been used since 2007.
- Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time; the Navajo Nation in Arizona does.
- U.S. territories that do not change clocks include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Daylight saving time was first adopted in the United States in 1918 to conserve fuel during World War I.
- A 2008 Energy Department study found that the 2007 change to the start date reduced electricity use by 0.03%.
- Phones set to update automatically should adjust their time without manual changes.
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