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When Does Daylight Saving Time End? 4 Things To Know

Are you ready to sleep in an extra hour this fall? Here's when you'll get that chance.

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Every year we look forward to that one weekend in the fall when daylight saving time ends. Here are some of the most common questions about it.

When does daylight saving time end?

Daylight saving time ends this year on Nov. 2, 2025.

When daylight saving ends, do I lose an hour or gain one?

At the end of daylight saving, we “fall back,” meaning that we gain an hour by setting our clocks back. In the spring, we lose an hour by setting our clocks forward.

Why did we start daylight saving time?

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The whole idea is little more than 100 years old. Industrialized nations in the early 20th century realized that they could conserve some power by changing the clock to accommodate regular work schedules during daylight hours. That way, less fuel would be used for lighting and other needs for working during the dark.

What does daylight saving time have to do with the weather?

Well, it has everything to do with the seasons. As the Earth orbits, its axis relative to the sun changes throughout the year, creating the annual swings in temperature and lengths of daylight that we mark with the seasons.

Long before daylight saving was named as such, farming communities adjusted their work schedules to changes in the seasons and sunrise with no regard to the hour on the clock. In that way, daylight is a very old idea.

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