Daylight Saving Time starts early this year? Check dates when clock changes in 2026

Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. is approaching and there is a buzz on the social media about the starting date. Daylight Saving Time starts on second Sunday of March. The daylight saving time method culminates in November.


This year, Daylight Saving Time starts on March 8, 2026. It will end on Sunday, November 1, 2026. There is no preponing of Daylight Saving Time this year.



Daylight savings time sets clocks an hour back or ahead according to seasons. Daylight Saving Time is used to save energy and minimise the use of artificial light.


Year-round daylight saving time was used during World War Two and enacted again in 1974 in a bid to reduce energy use because of an oil embargo, but was unpopular and was repealed later that year.


Daylight saving time - putting the clocks forward one hour during the summer half of the year to make the most of the longer evenings - has been in place in nearly all of the United States since the 1960s, but proponents have pushed to make it year-round. Supporters of remaining on daylight saving time argue it would lead to brighter evenings and more economic activity during the winter months. Critics say it would force children to walk to school in darkness. Proponents of eliminating daylight saving time say twice-annual changing of clocks causes sleep disturbance, health issues and more car crashes.


In October last year, the U.S. Senate briefly took up a long-stalled effort on Wednesday to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-yearly practice of switching clocks, but again failed to reach consensus. Congress has debated the issue for years. It held a legislative hearing earlier this year and won support from President Donald Trump for the change, but does not appear any closer to agreement.