Parliament debates ending daylight saving time
Senators are debating around the clock the question of whether to eliminate twice-yearly daylight savings time changes.
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- In most parts of the United States, clocks will go back on November 2nd, ending this year’s daylight saving time.
- President Donald Trump has expressed support for ending clock changes, but also said people are opposed to the solution.
- Legislative efforts to end biannual clock changes have not yet passed in Congress.
There are only a few weeks left until daylight saving time ends in the United States.
On November 2nd, most people in the United States will turn back their clocks and the sun will rise and set earlier in the day. Changing clocks twice a year is unpopular because it disrupts and disrupts sleep, but how to fix it is up for debate. Some believe that DST should be permanent (maintaining the same schedule from March to November throughout the year), while others believe that standard time (after a “fallback”) should be maintained permanently.
Legislative efforts to make DST permanent are moving forward, but have not yet crossed the finish line in Congress.
What is President Trump’s position on this issue? Here’s what we know.
Will Donald Trump abolish daylight saving time?
President Trump has expressed support for repealing the time change, but in March he wasn’t sure there was enough agreement.
“Republicans will do everything in their power to abolish daylight saving time,” Trump told Truth Social in December. “Daylight saving time is an inconvenience and very costly to our country.”
But later this year, he said it was controversial and would be difficult to garner support for.
“This should be the easiest problem, but it’s a 50-50 problem. When something is a 50-50 problem, it’s hard to get excited about it. People will want to light it up later, but some people will want to light it up earlier because they don’t want to take their kids to school in the dark,” Trump said in March, according to Reuters. “A lot of people like one, a lot of people like the other, but it’s very evenly distributed. And usually when that happens, you know what else you have to do.”
In April, he said the House and Senate should seek more sunshine at the end of the day, consistent with his stance from 2019, according to Politico.
USA TODAY has reached out to the White House for comment.
Daylight saving time will end soon in 2025
As the days get shorter, clocks also change when daylight saving time officially ends.
The clock will “fall back” at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, November 2nd.
Next year, daylight saving time will begin again on Sunday, March 8, 2026.
Which states do not use daylight saving time?
Although most states, Hawaii and Arizona, do not observe daylight saving time, these states keep their clocks on standard time year-round.
More than a dozen other state legislatures have voted to keep clocks on daylight saving time year-round if Congress approves. These states include Florida, California, South Carolina, Washington, Colorado, Tennessee, and Maine.
Contributions: Anthony Robredo, Fernando Cervantes Jr., Jorge L. Ortiz, Zach Anderson, USA TODAY
Kinsey Crowley is a Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Please contact kcrowley@gannett.com. Follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky (@kinseycrowley.bsky.social).
