Daylight Saving Time is coming to an end this weekend as Halloween gives way to November and a clocks fall back once again.
Clocks in most areas of the United States are adjusted ahead one hour in the summer months (known as Daylight Saving Time) and returned back one hour in the winter months (known as standard time), according to the US Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department.
As of 2007, Daylight Saving Time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, which happens to be Nov. 1 this year. Clocks will be set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local Daylight Saving Time (which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time). These dates were established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005) .
How Permanent Daylight Saving Time Would Impact US States
Earlier this year, the House passed the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent across most of the United States and eliminate the twice-yearly clock changes.
While the legislation hasn’t moved on just yet, meteorologist Kevin Lighty published a new map looking at what a permanent Daylight Saving Time would do to sunrise times around the country.
Three states, parts of Michigan, Montana and North Dakota would have sunrise time after 9:30 a.m. in their respective time zones. Other states like California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana would see parts of the state with sunrise times between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m.
If daylight saving time became permanent, here is a look at some of the latest sunrise times across the contiguous United States. pic.twitter.com/ilwq0xMifa
— Kevin Lighty – WCIA 3 Chief Meteorologist (@KevinLighty) October 26, 2026
The entire East Coast of the United States along the Atlantic Ocean would see sunrise times between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. ET.
The map shows the latest possible sunrise times in the event Daylight Saving Time becomes permanent. But not all places in the U.S. observe Daylight Saving Time.
Hawaii and most of Arizona observe standard time only.
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