When Does Daylight Saving Time End in 2026?

The clocks go back in the United States on Sunday, November 1, 2026. At 2:00 a.m. local time, daylight saving time ends and clocks fall back to 1:00 a.m. standard time. You gain an hour of sleep, but the change also shifts meeting times, flights and calls with people in other time zones. Here is exactly what changes, in which zones, and how to convert times without mistakes.

When does daylight saving time end in 2026?

Daylight saving time in most of the US runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. In 2026 it began on Sunday, March 8, 2026, and it ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026. The next start is Sunday, March 14, 2027. The change happens at 2:00 a.m. local time, so each US zone changes at a different moment:

These dates and transitions were checked against the standard time zone database. Notice that the clock reads 1:00 a.m. twice that night. The hour from 1:00 to 1:59 a.m. happens once in daylight time and once in standard time, which is why November 1 is 25 hours long. The spring change on March 14, 2027 does the opposite and makes that day 23 hours long.

Who does not change their clocks?

Hawaii and most of Arizona stay on standard time all year. The Navajo Nation in Arizona does observe daylight saving time. Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa also stay on standard time. Everyone else in the continental United States and Alaska falls back on November 1.

How the time difference changes with other cities

The US and Europe do not change on the same weekend. Europe ended daylight saving time on Sunday, October 25, 2026, one week earlier. For seven days the gap between New York and London is only 4 hours instead of the usual 5. Here is how many hours each city is ahead of the first city, at noon on three dates:

A 9:00 a.m. Eastern call with London is 1:00 p.m. GMT on October 28, but 2:00 p.m. GMT on November 3. If you run a weekly call across the Atlantic, the London side will be an hour off for one week. Places such as Tokyo and Karachi do not use daylight saving time, so their gap with the US grows by one hour on November 1 and shrinks again in March.

Arizona: the zone that moves relative to everyone else

Arizona does not change clocks, so its relationship to the Pacific and Mountain zones shifts. In the summer, Phoenix matches Pacific time. After November 1, it matches Mountain time. A 10:00 a.m. Phoenix meeting is 1:00 p.m. Eastern on Friday, October 30, and 12:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, November 2. Always convert using the date of the meeting, not today's date.

Step-by-step: convert a time across the change

1. Write down the exact date of the meeting, flight or deadline. The offset depends on that date.
2. Choose the time zone the time is quoted in. Use the zone name (Eastern, Pacific) rather than EDT or EST when you share it, so it stays correct on both sides of November 1.
3. Enter the date and time in the Time Zone Converter and read the result in each zone you need.
4. For a recurring meeting, check the first occurrence after November 1 as well as the last one before it.
5. If you use a 24-hour clock, remember that 01:30 happens twice on November 1. The Military Time Converter shows the 24-hour chart if you need to read or write times such as 0130 and 1330.

Hours worked on the night of the change

If you work an overnight shift from 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 31 to 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, the clock says 8 hours, but you work 9 real hours because the 1:00 a.m. hour repeats. Pay rules vary by employer and state, so check with your employer. The Time Duration Calculator adds and subtracts durations, so enter 8:00 for the clock time and add 1:00 for the repeated hour. On March 14, 2027 the reverse applies: an overnight shift loses an hour.

Quick checklist for November 1

• Most phones, computers and smart watches update on their own. Check the clocks that do not, such as the oven, car and wall clocks.
• Before you go to bed on Saturday, October 31, set a manual clock back one hour (or wait until the morning).
• Look over calendar invites with people in other countries for the week of October 26 and the week of November 2.
• The sun will rise and set about an hour earlier by the clock, so plan evening errands and driving with that in mind.

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