When Does Daylight Saving Time End This Year Turn The Clocks Back Soon

Editor’s note: This story was updated Oct. 30, 2025 to add fire safety tips from the Red Cross. Wondering when it is time to set your clocks back this year? Daylight savings time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. Getting an extra hour of sleep is a perk of turning back the clocks one hour in the fall, but what started the practice? The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C.

§§ 260-64) established a system of uniform daylight saving time throughout the United States and its possessions, and provides that either Congress or the Secretary of Transportation can change a time-zone boundary. The act specifies that daylight time applies from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March until 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November in areas that do not specifically exempt themselves. The origin of daylight saving time has a definite link to commerce. “In 1883, U.S.

and Canadian railroads adopted a four-zone system to govern their operations and reduce the confusion resulting from some 100 conflicting locally established ‘sun times’ observed in terminals across the country,” the U.S. Department of Transportion website states. “States and municipalities then adopted one of the four zones, which were the eastern, central, mountain, and Pacific Time zones.” The observance of DST began during World War I in Europe.

“Federal oversight of time zones began in 1918 with the enactment of the Standard Time Act, which vested the Interstate Commerce Commission with the responsibility for establishing boundaries between the standard time zones in the continental United States,” the DOT website states. This was the first time DST was observed in the U.S. and and it was quickly repealed on Aug. 20, 1919.

The National Conference of State Legislatures lists 35 states that have or are considering legislation related to daylight saving time and many other states do so each year. Fire safety tips “When you change your clocks this weekend, take two more steps to protect your family: test your smoke alarms and practice your home fire escape plan,” said Jorge Martinez, CEO of the American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania in statement released Oct. 30. “You may have as little as two minutes to get out safely during a home fire.

Every second counts and being prepared can make all the difference to help prevent a tragedy in your home.” Replace the batteries in smoke alarms, if needed. If you cannot afford to purchase smoke alarms or are physically unable to install one, the Red Cross may be able to help. Visit SoundTheAlarm.org/GreaterPA for more information. Here are more fire safety tips provided by the Red Cross: - Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, including inside and outside bedrooms and sleeping areas.

Replace smoke alarms that are 10 years or older. Components such as sensors can become less sensitive over time. Follow your alarm’s manufacturer instructions. - Practice your two-minute home fire escape plan. Make sure everyone in your household can get out in less than two minutes — the amount of time you may have to escape a burning home before it’s too late.

Include at least two ways to get out of every room and select a meeting spot at a safe distance away from your home, such as your neighbor’s home or a landmark like a specific tree in your front yard, where everyone can meet.

“Over the past year, local Red Cross volunteers responded to help more than 6,100 people across Pennsylvania affected by more than 1,500 home fires, which account for most of the about 65,000 disasters that the Red Cross responds to annually across the country,” the statement released by the American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania said.

Here’s what you need to know about the proposal to make daylight saving time permanent Lebanon County state rep wants to end daylight saving time in Pennsylvania Daylight saving time initiated in Reading in 1921 [From the archives]

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