In March, millions of Americans will turn their clocks forward, marking the start of daylight saving time in 2025. The controversial practice of "springing forward" and "falling back" has been observed in most states for decades.
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Don't get too used to it because it's going away again in March. Daylight saving time is coming and soon you will need to adjust your clocks again. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9, 2024.
Here's when daylight savings time starts and ends this year and what would happen around the country if it ends permanently in 2025.
Daylight Saving Time will start on Sunday, March 9, this year, according to TimeAndDate.com. Clocks will “spring forward,” as the saying goes, at 2 a.m. And the days will continue to get longer until the summer solstice on Friday, June 20, at 10:41 p.m. We’ve been in Standard Time since Nov. 3, 2024.
In 2025, Americans will “spring ahead” on Sunday, March 9, marking the end of standard time and the beginning of daylight saving time. At that time, clocks will jump ahead one hour from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Opinions on clock-switching are varied — stop springing forward, spring forward permanently or keep the system as is?
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Daylight saving time (DST), practiced by nearly 400 million people in North America, has sparked renewed debate, with former President Donald Trump advocating for its elimination, citing inconvenience and costs.
While most states follow the biannual practice, Arizona — with the exception of the Navajo Nation — and Hawaii do not partake in daylight saving time. The U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands also forgo the twice-yearly changing of the clocks.
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