When the clocks change next, a live countdown for your time zone, every date to 2030, the places that skip it, and how many hours a night shift really is on the night of the change.
Uses your device's time zone. Dates follow federal law (15 U.S.C. 260a): the second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November, at 2:00 a.m. local time.
Daylight saving time 2026 ends on Sunday, November 1, at 2:00 a.m., when clocks go back one hour. It starts again on Sunday, March 14, 2027, at 2:00 a.m., when clocks go forward one hour. Hawaii, most of Arizona and the U.S. territories do not change their clocks.
| Year | Starts (clocks forward) | Ends (clocks back) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday, March 8, 2026 | Sunday, November 1, 2026 |
| 2027 | Sunday, March 14, 2027 | Sunday, November 7, 2027 |
| 2028 | Sunday, March 12, 2028 | Sunday, November 5, 2028 |
| 2029 | Sunday, March 11, 2029 | Sunday, November 4, 2029 |
| 2030 | Sunday, March 10, 2030 | Sunday, November 3, 2030 |
Every change happens at 2:00 a.m. local time on a Sunday. In spring the clock jumps from 1:59 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.; in fall it goes from 1:59 a.m. back to 1:00 a.m., so the hour from 1:00 to 2:00 happens twice.
“During the period commencing at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the second Sunday of March of each year and ending at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the first Sunday of November of each year, the standard time of each zone [...] shall be advanced one hour.”— 15 U.S.C. 260a, Advancement of time or changeover dates
The same law lets a state stay on standard time all year, statewide or, for a state split between two time zones, in one of its zones. It does not let a state choose other dates or stay on daylight saving time all year.
If you work overnight when the clocks change, your shift is an hour longer or shorter than the times on your schedule. The U.S. Department of Labor's own example: a shift from 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. with a 30-minute meal break is 8 hours on a normal night, 9 hours when daylight saving time ends, and 7 hours when it begins.
“The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that employees must be credited with all of the hours actually worked.”— U.S. Department of Labor, FLSA Hours Worked Advisor: Daylight Savings Time
For the week's total and overtime, use the overtime calculator with the "actually worked" hours for that day.
Not as of October 26, 2026. The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 (H.R. 139) passed the House of Representatives on July 14, 2026, by 308 votes to 117. It would repeal the twice-a-year change and keep the clocks on today's daylight saving time all year. States that now stay on standard time, such as Hawaii and most of Arizona, could keep their current time or move to the new one.
On July 15, 2026 the Senate referred the bill to its Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. To become law it still needs to pass the Senate and be signed by the President. Until then, nothing changes: clocks go back on Sunday, November 1, 2026 and forward again on Sunday, March 14, 2027.
We check the bill's official status record on govinfo and will update this page if it passes the Senate.
The dates are computed from the federal law and every rule on this page was checked against the official sources below on October 26, 2026. How we verify. General reference, not legal advice.