Time change 2025 spring forward is here! Indiana clocks move an hour for Daylight Saving Time
So what is DST? When does the time change? Does Daylight Saving Time end in 2025?
Here's what you need to know about Daylight Saving Time in 2025:
Participating states turn clocks forward an hour on the second Sunday in March during the spring. Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday of November in the fall of each year and that's when states turn clocks back an hour.
In the U.S., clocks will officially spring forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9, 2025.
We lose an hour of sleep when the clocks "spring forward" and are turned ahead at 2 a.m. for one hour when Daylight Saving Time begins.
In the fall when DST ends, clocks "fall back" an hour in November. That is when people gain an hour of sleep.
In an interview with Time Magazine, author Michael Downing cited his book, "Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time," to explain how Amtrak and the railroads were the main reason clocks change at 2 a.m. for DST.
There were no trains leaving the station at 2 a.m. on Sundays in New York City when Daylight Saving Time was established.
"Sunday morning at 2 a.m. was when they would interrupt the least amount of train travel around the country,' Downing said.
Clocks fall back on Sunday, Nov. 2 in 2025.
Visit timeanddate.com to see the current time in Indianapolis.
Daylight saving time is meant to provide extra sunlight during the spring, summer and fall seasons, but in Indiana, there's a very complicated past with DST. While Indiana has spent some time without switching clocks, Hoosiers currently turn their clocks forward an hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall.
As of July 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation noted that only Hawaii and parts of Arizona do not participate in daylight saving time. The Navajo Nation is the lone exception in Arizona.
The territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands also do not participate.
According to the website, states may exempt themselves from observing daylight saving time by state law in accordance with the Uniform Time Act, as amended.
Despite the Sunshine Protection Act being unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate in 2022, there is no permanent end in sight.
The bill was not signed into law by the U.S. House of Representatives, citing other priorities that needed to be addressed before tackling DST, according to The Hill. Thus, the bill has not been signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) told The Hill in July that efforts to find a consensus for Daylight Saving Time continue to fall flat with an emphasis on geographical issues rather than political party lines.
"The problem is that a lot of people say to me, 'Oh, we should just have, you know, we shouldn't switch back and forth, we should just have standard or daylight saving,' but then they disagree over which one to enact," Pallone told The Hill.
"And so that's the problem. We need a consensus that if we're gonna have one time, what is it? And I haven't been able to get a consensus on that."
A 2023 version of the Sunshine Protection Act sat idle in the House of Representatives for the entire year.
Trump was asked when he plans to get rid of the time change Thursday, according to Newsweek.
"Ok, are you ready? So, this should be the easiest one of all, but it's a 50-50 issue," Trump responded.
"And if something's a 50-50 issue, it's hard to get excited about it. I assumed people would like to have more light later. But some people want to have more light earlier because they don't want to take their kids to school in the dark."
President Donald Trump previously had not set a date but declared through social media platform Truth Social that he would eliminate Daylight Saving Time − which would also require approval from Congress:
"The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn't! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation."
A poll by Elon Musk on X / Twitter with more than 21 million views asked the question: "If daylight savings time change is canceled, do you prefer:"
An hour earlier
An hour later
Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Daylight Savings 2025: When is spring forward? Does DST time change end?
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