When does daylight saving time start and end in 2026?

{"url":"https://test.vipersplay.com/daylightsaving/this-year/","path":"/daylightsaving/this-year","kind":"dstyear","title":"Daylight Saving Time 2026","h1":"When does daylight saving time start and end in 2026?","generated_at":"2026-10-02T21:54:38+05:00","timezone":"Asia/Karachi","today":"2026-10-02","result":{"hero":{"value":"Mar 8 – Nov 1","unit":"U.S. daylight saving time in 2026","sub":"Starts Sunday, March 8 · ends Sunday, November 1","text":true},"stats":[{"label":"clocks go forward (2:00 AM to 3:00 AM)","value":"Sun, Mar 8"},{"label":"clocks go back (2:00 AM to 1:00 AM)","value":"Sun, Nov 1"},{"label":"days of daylight saving time","value":"238"},{"label":"length","value":"34 weeks"},{"label":"next change from today","value":"30 days from today"},{"label":"next change is","value":"Fall back"},{"label":"EU/UK clocks go forward","value":"Mar 29"},{"label":"EU/UK clocks go back","value":"Oct 25"}]},"inputs":{"kind":"dstyear","type":"daylightsaving","category":"time","year":"2026","evergreen":"1"},"method":"The result uses the exact inputs on this page and calendar/time arithmetic appropriate to this calculator. The result shown above is the value to use for this calculation.","milestones":[],"workdays":[],"accuracy":["The result uses the calendar rules and time zone shown on this page.","Leap years and actual month lengths are handled by the calendar arithmetic where they affect the calculation."],"excel":{"formula":"","note":"This calculation does not have a single reliable built-in Excel/Google Sheets formula without reproducing the page’s specific time-zone or calendar rules."},"sections":[["Daylight saving time in 2026",["In 2026, daylight saving time in the United States starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026. At 2:00 AM local time on the first date, clocks jump forward to 3:00 AM, so that day has 23 hours. At 2:00 AM on the second date, clocks go back to 1:00 AM, so that day has 25 hours and the hour between 1:00 and 2:00 AM happens twice. Daylight saving time lasts 238 days, or 34 weeks."]],["The rule",["Since 2007 the rule has been set by the Energy Policy Act of 2005: daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. The change happens at 2:00 AM local time, which was chosen because it limits disruption to most people. Congress has considered proposals to change or end the clock change, so check current news for any update to the law."]],["Who does not change their clocks",["Hawaii and most of Arizona stay on standard time all year. The Navajo Nation in Arizona does observe daylight saving time. The U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands do not observe it either."]],["Other countries",["The European Union and the United Kingdom change their clocks on the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October, which in 2026 is March 29 and October 25. Because the U.S. and Europe change on different dates, the time difference between the two shifts by an hour for a few weeks each year. Many countries, including India, Japan, China and Pakistan, do not use daylight saving time at all."]],["Planning with 2026",["This page is tied to 2026. Use the displayed dates as calendar checkpoints and confirm any formal deadline against the organization or authority that controls it."]]],"summary":"Daylight Saving Time 2026: Mar 8 – Nov 1 U.S. daylight saving time in 2026 — Starts Sunday, March 8 · ends Sunday, November 1","show_method":true}