Daylight saving time ends as clocks fall back one hour

Residents gain an extra hour of sleep and experience a shift in daily sunlight hours, with darker evenings and brighter mornings, while federal and state lawmakers continue to weigh proposals that could alter or eliminate the twice-yearly time change entirely.

• •Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, with clocks falling back one hour.
• •Most cellphones adjust the time automatically, while analog clocks must be set manually.
• •The change results in an extra hour of sleep, more morning light, and earlier evening darkness.
• •Daylight saving time was originally adopted in the U.S. through the Standard Time Act of 1918.
• •The Sunshine Protection Act is a congressional proposal that seeks to make daylight saving time permanent.
• •President Trump has expressed support for permanent daylight saving time.
• •Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas has opposed the Sunshine Protection Act due to concerns about children walking to school in the dark.
• •Sleep scientists and doctors have proposed making standard time permanent instead to benefit sleep cycles and reduce health risks.
• •Research indicates permanent daylight saving time could lead to more vehicle collisions with pedestrians during darker morning commutes.
• •Hawaii, most of Arizona, and U.S. territories do not observe daylight saving time.
• •Californians voted in 2018 to allow lawmakers to end daylight saving time, though subsequent efforts have failed.
• •Daylight saving time is scheduled to begin again on March 14, 2027.