Daylight saving time became a national standard in 1966 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act, which was established as a way to continue to conserve energy. The thinking was if it's light out longer, that's less time you'll need to use the lights in your house.

Millions of Americans in 48 states will set their clocks one hour ahead next weekend, launching nearly eight months of longer evening daylight during the spring and summer months. The price? Losing an hour of sleep.

Sen. Rick Scott and Rep. Vern Buchanan have filed bills - Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 - to make daylight saving time permanent across U.S.

This year, daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 9, with clocks rolling forward one hour at 2 a.m. With the change, it will stay lighter later in the evening across the United States. The first day of spring this year occurs March 20.

Clocks will "spring forward" one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2025, causing most people to lose an hour of sleep. We won't "fall back" to standard time again until Nov. 2, the first Sunday of November, when Americans fiddle with their clocks again.

Over the past 20 years or so, the conventional wisdom that daylight saving time cuts down on energy use has come into question with new research on its benefits and drawbacks. Plu

What date does daylight saving time start? Do we gain or lose an hour in March? Will Trump end DST? What we know about when clocks spring forward in 2025.

In March, millions of Americans turn their clocks forward, marking the start of daylight saving time in 2025. The controversial practice of "springing forward" and "falling back" has been observed in most states for decades.

Daylight Saving Time is basically 2 weeks away, and the time to start thinking about when we spring forward in the United States is officialy here. Here's what you need to know about DST in 2025: When does the Daylight Saving time change 2025 occur in U.S.?

As warmer temperatures soon begin to spread throughout most of the United States ... are the only two states that do not observe daylight saving time. The U.S. territories of Puerto Rico ...

Most people in the United States must change the time of their clocks twice a year, specifically on the second Sunday in March, when daylight saving time begins, and on the first Sunday in ...

Most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour on Sunday, March 9, 2025. While we’ll lose some sleep, we’ll gain more sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer.