United States · 2026 archive
Daylight saving time 2026
US daylight saving time in 2026 started on Sunday, March 8, and ended on Sunday, November 1. Both transitions are past as of November 2, 2026.
March 8, 2026: clocks moved forward
At 2:00 a.m. local standard time, observing cities advanced their clocks to 3:00 a.m. New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas and San Diego all made this change. The civil day had 23 elapsed hours; its astronomical daylight duration was still the interval between sunrise and sunset.
New York: 1:59:59 a.m. EST → 3:00:00 a.m. EDT at .
Las Vegas: 1:59:59 a.m. PST → 3:00:00 a.m. PDT at .
November 1, 2026: clocks moved back
At 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, clocks returned to 1:00 a.m. Standard time resumed. The repeated hour made the civil day 25 elapsed hours long. Sunset appeared about an hour earlier by the clock than the day before, alongside the smaller seasonal change.
New York: 1:59:59 a.m. EDT → 1:00:00 a.m. EST at .
Las Vegas: 1:59:59 a.m. PDT → 1:00:00 a.m. PST at .
Places that did not change their clocks
Hawaii and most of Arizona stayed on standard time. The Navajo Nation observed the changes. US territories including Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the US Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands did not observe daylight saving time.
Compare sunrise and sunset after the change
The Las Vegas, New York and Chicago calendars apply the proper offset to every row. Day length does not gain or lose an hour when clocks move.
Read the evergreen US daylight saving time rules →
Reference: NIST; dates follow the second-Sunday-in-March and first-Sunday-in-November rules. Checked November 2, 2026.