Daylight saving time ends early Sunday morning in Western PA and across most of the United States, giving people an extra hour of sleep.
At 2 a.m. on November 1, clocks will move back one hour to 1 a.m., returning the country to standard time.
The change in time also means it’s going to get dark out real early.
On Saturday the sun will set at 6:17 p.m., on Sunday it’s 5:16 p.m.
It will continue to get darker earlier and earlier through November and by the end of the month, it will be dark before 5 p.m.
That will last through the first day of winter on December 21 when days will start to get longer.
If you’re a morning person, the sun will rise about 10 minutes before 7 a.m. on Sunday and throughout next week.
Daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
In 2026, it began March 8 and ends November 1. Most Americans will gain back the hour they lost when clocks sprang forward in the spring.
The next change is scheduled for March 14, 2027, when clocks spring forward again.
Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time and will not change their clocks. The Navajo Nation in Arizona does observe it. Several U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico, also remain on standard time year-round. Most smartphones, computers and connected devices will update automatically overnight. Manual clocks on ovens, microwaves, vehicles and other appliances may need to be adjusted.
Efforts in Congress to make daylight saving time permanent have not altered this year’s schedule. The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act earlier this year, but the measure has not become law. As a result, the twice-yearly clock change remains in place for most of the country.
Keeping Daylight Saving Time year-round would mean the sun wouldn’t rise until 9 a.m. in many areas of the country, meaning all school students would be waiting in the dark for the school bus and most commuters would be going to work in the dark
Maps shared by the ST advocacy group Save Standard Time show that the latest sunrises would range from 8 am. to 9 a.m. depending on time zone. Those maps also show that there would be more than 100 days per year with a sunrise after 8 a.m. in some parts of the country.
