It’s time for a time change again.
Clocks return to standard time at 2 a.m., Sunday November 1, so clocks should be set back one hour at that time. The majority of the nation has been on daylight time since March 8.
Congress took up the issue again this summer, but adjourned for the fall without action to end the twice-yearly time change.
Despite the urging of President Donald Trump and growing public support for ending clock changes, lawmakers have yet to send the Sunshine Protection Act to the president’s desk. Trump favors the nation remaining on daylight time.
The SPA, which would make daylight saving time permanent, passed the House in July by a 301-117 vote. The legislation has repeatedly stalled in the Senate.
Despite Trump’s support, several Senate Republicans are unconvinced.
That opposition has become a significant obstacle for legislation that appeared to have momentum earlier this year. Polls suggest many Americans support ending the practice.
A 2023 YouGov survey found 62 percent of Americans favored ending the time changes. A January 2025 Gallup poll similarly found that 54 percent favored elimination.
Some support permanent daylight saving time, which would provide more daylight in the evening. Others favor permanent standard time, which would bring more morning sunlight during winter months.
The Uniform Time Act of 1966, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, established the framework for daylight saving time in the United States.
Only Congress can permanently change the nation’s twice-yearly clock-changing system, though the U.S. secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy in the Trump Administration, oversees its administration under federal law.
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