Daylight saving starts month after Super Bowl. Why Florida will still spring forward, for now
The Sunshine Protection Act aims to permanently end the age-old practice of daylight saving time. It has not been signed into law.
Daylight saving time has 2 sayings: 'spring forward' and 'fall back.'
Daylight saving time begins one month after Super Bowl Sunday — and it's a good bet that most people aren't happy about the time change.
Super Bowl LIX or Super Bowl 59 is Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. On March 9, we set wall clocks forward by one hour aka 'spring forward,' and we'll have to adjust our sleep schedules once again. (Hopefully by that point, Eagles or Chiefs fans, or football fans in general, will be over Super Bowl 59's outcome and adjusting to the start of daylight saving time instead.)
Keep reading to see why daylight saving time exists and whether President Donald Trump's plan to end daylight saving time will work.
Below is what you need to know about DST, daylight savings, daylight saving time in 2025.
When does daylight saving time change 2025 occur in U.S.?
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.
When does time change spring forward for DST 2025?
In the U.S., clocks will officially spring forward at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Do I gain or lose an hour of sleep for daylight saving time 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.
When does Daylight Savings 2025's time change fall back?
Daylight saving time ends in the fall — clocks fall back at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.
Why does Daylight Saving Time change at 2 a.m.?
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.
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Which U.S. states don't change clocks for Daylight Saving Time?
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.
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What is the Sunshine Protection Act?
The Sunshine Protection Act of 2021, which was created to make daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate in 2022 but it was not passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
There is currently no news on when it will be readdressed and then signed into law.
When is the U.S. getting rid of daylight savings time? When will DST end permanently?
Despite the Sunshine Protection Act being unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate in 2022, there is no permanent end in sight.
Is Donald Trump going to end Daylight Savings Time in 2025?
President Donald Trump did 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."
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Donald Trump on time change:Says he will push to end Daylight Saving Time
Did Daylight Saving Time start because of farmers?
No, according to almanac.com.
"Many Americans wrongly point to farmers as the driving force behind Daylight Saving Time. In fact, farmers were its strongest opponents and, as a group, stubbornly resisted the change from the beginning," Catherine Boeckmann wrote for almanac.com.
"When the war ended, the farmers and working-class people who had held their tongues began speaking out. They demanded an end to Daylight Saving Time, claiming it benefited only office workers and the leisure class. The controversy spotlighted the growing gap between rural and urban dwellers."
When does 2025 daylight saving time spring forward start, DST fall back end?
Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 9, and ends on Nov. 2 in 2025.
Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.
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