Daylight Saving Time Ends November 1, 2026, Amid Stalled Federal Efforts to Make it Permanent

Americans will set their clocks back one hour on November 1, 2026, as Daylight Saving Time ends, with no federal law yet passed to make either DST or Standard Time permanent. Despite a majority of states supporting a permanent change, the Sunshine Protection Act, which would have made DST permanent, stalled in the House after passing the Senate in 2022.