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The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established a uniform set of rules for states opting to observe daylight saving time. [1] In the U.S., daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. local time. With a mnemonic word play referring to seasons, clocks ...
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5. Here's what that means, why we do it, and what you need to do (if anything).
Previous observation of year-round daylight saving time. Permanent DST in the US was briefly enacted by president Richard Nixon in January 1974, in response to the 1973 oil crisis. [19] The new permanent DST law was retracted within the year. [1][2][42][43] Year-round daylight saving time was initially supported by 79% of the public, but that ...
Saving energy: Daylight saving time is all about a desire to save energy by extending sunlight later in the day during spring and summer. A study conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy found ...
We still fall back and spring forward! Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, and begins at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, March 12, 2024.
Eastern Time Zone. DST is observed in parts of this time zone. The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00).
Emily DeLetter, USA TODAY. November 2, 2024 at 5:00 AM. It's about to all be over. No, not Election Day, which is coming later this week. But daylight saving time, the twice-annual time change ...