Mark your calendars. We’re falling back in early November.
Daylight saving time, which lasts from March until November, ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, when smart devices in your house will automatically switch their clocks back an hour and many people across the country will use the opportunity to get an extra hour of sleep.
Each year, states participating in daylight saving time turn the clocks back on the first Sunday in November.
Don’t forget to change the time on the battery-powered clocks in your home, kitchen appliances or car clocks.
When did daylight saving time start? What is DST for?
The daylight saving time you’ve come to know today comes from the Uniform Time Act of 1966, signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. When originally enacted, DST was from the last Sunday of April to the last Sunday of October, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Only in 2005 did this shift to the March-November timeframe, through the Energy Policy Act.
Now the second Sunday in March marks the beginning of DST and the first Sunday of November denotes its end, to further the original goal of conserving energy around the country and making use of natural daylight.
Daylight saving time ends: Sunrise, sunset and amount of sunlight in the Hornell area
With the fall back, there will be less sunlight in the evening and more in the mornings.
Focusing on Hornell, according to timeanddate.com, you can expect sunrise to move on Nov. 2 from about 7:45 a.m. to 6:45 a.m. and sunset moves from 6 p.m. to 5 p.m.
In Hornell on Nov. 2, sunrise will be at 6:46 a.m. and sunset will be at 5:02 p.m., giving residents 10 hours, 16 minutes and 44 seconds of daylight.
By the end of November for Hornell, expect sunrise to be around 7:20 a.m. and sunset to be at approximately 4:40 p.m.
When does daylight saving time start in 2026
The next time you will be changing your clocks after Nov. 2 will be when daylight saving time begins again in March 2026.
You’ll be losing an hour of sleep and moving the clocks an hour forward on Sunday, March 8.
Which U.S. states do not observe daylight saving time?
The only two states, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, that do not participate in daylight saving time are Hawaii and the majority of Arizona, except for the Navajo Nation, which spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
Besides Arizona and Hawaii, five U.S. territories also do not participate in daylight saving time:
Will New York continue to participate in DST?
There is pending legislation with the aim of establishing daylight saving time as the year-round standard time across the state, which is currently in committee.
Nearly all states have considered or are considering legislation or resolutions surrounding daylight saving time. Nineteen states have enacted legislation or passed resolutions toward the goal of making daylight saving time year-round, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The Uniform Time Act does allow for states to exempt themselves from participating in daylight saving time, but they cannot alter the length of DST or independently change time zones, according to the Congressional Research Service.
On the contrary, if a state chooses to continue following DST, they have to follow the federally mandated dates.
A 2023 version of the Sunshine Protection Act, to make daylight saving time permanent across the country, has been introduced in the House of Representatives, who in November 2024 motioned to discharge the committee, an attempt to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.
Contact reporter Nickie Hayes: NHayes@poughkee.gannett.com, 845-863-3518 and @nickieehayess on Instagram.
This article originally appeared on The Evening Tribune: Daylight saving time is ending. What time sunrise, sunset will be around Hornell
Reporting by Nickie Hayes, Poughkeepsie Journal / The Evening Tribune
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