Daylight savings time commences at 2 a.m. on March 10, 2024, the second Sunday of March. The dawn will linger in darkness a tad longer than accustomed, yet this also signifies that daylight will extend an additional hour into the afternoon and evening.
Through the marvels of contemporary technology, your smartphones and timepieces will autonomously adapt to this transition. However, if you possess an analog timepiece, time-telling appliances, or antiquated clocks adorning your abode, manual adjustments will be requisite.
Here is a comprehensive overview of the time alteration — and the rationale behind its nomenclature, as “saving,” not “savings,” as frequently mispronounced.
Table of content
- 1 What is daylight savings time?
- 2 Is the time change ending in Michigan?
- 3 Does the time change affect health?
- 4 What states don’t participate in daylight savings time?
- 5 Why don’t Arizona and Hawaii participate in daylight savings time?
- 6 When does daylight savings time end in 2024?
- 7 When does daylight savings time begin in 2025?
- 8 Why it isn’t ‘savings’
What is daylight savings time?
Daylight saving time spans from March to November, during which the majority of Americans modify their clocks by one hour.
In March, we forfeit an hour to “spring forward,” thereby incorporating additional daylight into the evenings. Conversely, in November, we gain an hour as we “fall back,” augmenting daylight in the mornings.
Tuesday, March 19, marks the onset of spring, arriving nine days after the time change.
Is the time change ending in Michigan?
The endeavor to cease changing clocks was presented to Congress in recent years. The U.S. Senate unanimously endorsed the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, aiming to establish daylight saving time permanently.
Nevertheless, the legislation failed to gain approval in the U.S. House of Representatives and, consequently, did not receive President Joe Biden’s signature into law. A subsequent iteration of the actin 2023 also languished without progress in Congress.