When Is Daylight Savings in 2025 & Is Donald Trump Changing It?
Here's when daylight saving time starts and whether any changes are expected.
Daylight saving time (DST) in the United States starts on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 2 a.m. local time.
At that moment, people will move their clocks forward by one hour, shifting daylight to later in the evening. The time change stays in effect until Sunday, November 2, when daylight saving time ends, and clocks move back one hour to standard time (ST). Most U.S. states follow DST, except for Hawaii and most of Arizona, which do not observe the practice.
The U.S. first implemented daylight saving time in 1918 to maximize daylight use and adjust to seasonal changes. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established a national framework, allowing states to opt out. Congress has debated modifying or eliminating DST over the years, but no permanent changes have passed.
President Donald Trump has not taken executive action to change or eliminate daylight saving time since returning to office in January 2025. In December 2024, he stated that 'the Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate daylight saving time.' However, in a statement on March 6, 2025, he described it as a '50-50 issue,' indicating an even division in public preference.
The decision to eliminate or modify daylight saving time requires congressional approval. Previous legislative efforts, such as the Sunshine Protection Act of 2022, sought to make DST permanent but did not advance in Congress. While discussions on potential changes continue, no current legislation has been passed to alter the existing time change system.
Daylight saving time remains in place as scheduled, with the next transition occurring on March 9, 2025. Any future adjustments to DST would require congressional action and presidential approval.
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'He knows what he wants to do. And he does not really care what anyone else thinks about it.'
