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US Ends Daylight Saving Time After Senate Delays Bill

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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Summary

The United States will set clocks back one hour on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, ending daylight saving time.
Because the Senate has not acted on the Sunshine Protection Act, the time change stays in effect.
The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act (H.R. 139) on July 14, 2026, 308-117, but the Senate scheduled no vote.
President Donald Trump urged the Senate to pass the bill, calling twice-yearly clock changes “foolish, inconvenient and costly.”

History

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, giving the Department of Transportation authority to set nationwide daylight-saving dates and ending a state-by-state patchwork. Later amendments moved the start to March and the end to November, with the 2005 change saving only 0.03% electricity in 2007. The House-passed 2026 Sunshine Protection Act now seeks permanent DST, echoing the Act’s simplification goal.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, giving the Department of Transportation authority to set nationwide daylight-saving dates and ending a state-by-state patchwork. Later amendments moved the start to March and the end to November, with the 2005 change saving only 0.03% electricity in 2007. The House-passed 2026 Sunshine Protection Act now seeks permanent DST, echoing the Act’s simplification goal.

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