Time change 2024: Will the clocks go forward or back in November?
Daylight saving time ends in the United States on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. When standard time begins, does the clock move forward or backward?
Daylight saving time 2024 is about to end in the United States. Twice a year, most Americans have to change their clocks- in March and November.
Daylight saving time begins in the country on the second Sunday of March. This year the change took place on Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. Meanwhile, daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday in November, when standard time returns.
For 2024, the second time change of the year takes place on Sunday, Nov. 3. Is the clock going forward or backward?
US time change 2024: Will the clocks go forward or back in November?
When daylight saving time began in March, the clock was moved forward one hour. In the case of standard time, the clock must be moved back an hour during the early hours of Sunday, Nov. 3
In most cases you don’t have to worry about making the switch manually, as most electronic devices, such as smartphones, tablets and computers, automatically make the switch at 2 a.m.
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When will the time change again? Daylight saving time starts on this date in 2025
Standard time will end on the second Sunday of March next year. Daylight Saving Time will begin on March 9, 2025.
Next year, daylight saving time will end on the first Sunday in November, which is Nov. 2, 2025.
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If you live in these areas of the US, your time will not change in November
In some parts of the United States, daylight saving time does not exist, as they maintain standard time all year round.
The state of Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time, so they do not set clocks forward or backward. Other U.S. territories in the Pacific and Caribbean Sea, such as Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and American Samoa, also do not make the change.
Arizona used daylight saving time beginning 1918, but decided to opt out of it in 1968. Although the state maintains standard time year-round, the Navajo Nation, located in the northeast of the state, does observe daylight saving time, making the change twice a year.