Tick-tock, Palm Beach County. The countdown to the end of daylight saving time is on, with the "fall back" time change fast approaching.
Daylight saving time for 2026 ends on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 2 a.m., when clocks will fall back an hour to 1 a.m.
Sunrise and sunset will be about an hour earlier on Nov. 1 than the day before, meaning there will be more light in the morning and less light in the evening.
Only two U.S. states, Arizona and Hawaii, don't participate in the biannual time change. Florida and 18 other states have enacted legislation for permanent daylight saving time but need congressional approval to implement the change.
Here's what to know about daylight saving time in Florida this fall.
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When will DST end in 2026?
Daylight
saving time ends on the first Sunday in November. For 2026, that date is Nov. 1. At 2 a.m., when clocks will be set back one hour to 1 a.m.
Sunrise and sunset will happen an hour earlier.
Will Florida change clocks in 2026?
Yes.
Floridians won't see permanent daylight saving time in 2026 and will have to adjust their clocks in November.
Florida approved permanent daylight saving time in 2018. But without approval from Congress, the time changes will continue.
Is daylight saving time permanent?
The Sunshine Protection Act was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 14, which is one step closer to allowing states to make daylight saving time permanent.
The legislation now must be passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Trump, who has long supported making daylight saving time permanent.
Unless the Senate supports making daylight saving time permanent, and President Trump signs it into law before Nov. 1, most Americans will again move their clocks back one hour to return to standard time.
H.R. 139, known as the Sunshine Protection Act, was filed Jan. 3, 2025, by Rep. Vern Buchanan, Florida-District 16. Buchanan has brought the Sunshine Protection Act before each Congress since 2018.
Trump has repeatedly supported the shift to permanent daylight saving time and has been asking senators to pass the Sunshine Protection Act ASAP.
States that want permanent daylight saving time
Nineteen states have enacted legislation that would implement permanent daylight saving time if and when such action is passed by Congress:
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- Wyoming
Florida sunrises, sunsets under permanent daylight saving time
Florida would see the same amount of daylight no matter whether its daylight saving or standard time.
The difference is when that daylight occurs.
Permanent daylight saving time in Florida would mean darker mornings in fall and winter — with some winter sunrises not happening until after 8 a.m. — and more light in the evenings.
Summers would be as they are now, with bright mornings and long evenings, with plenty of time to be outside after work, but without the dread of another time change coming.
Do you want to keep changing clocks?
Kim Luciani is a journalist for the USA TODAY Network-Florida's Audience team. Cheryl McCloud is a journalist for the USA TODAY Network-Florida's service journalism Connect team. You can get all of Florida’s best content directly in your inbox each weekday by signing up for the free newsletter, Florida TODAY, at https://naplesnews.com/newsletters.
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