When is Daylight Saving Time in 2025?
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is less than three weeks away, and the time to spring forward is getting closer for California and most of the United States. Here’s what to know about DST, including when it starts and ends in 2025, when the sun rises and sets over California, why we have Daylight Saving Time, and if President Donald Trump is ending it.

When does the Daylight Saving Time change in 2025 in the U.S.?
California and other participating states turn clocks forward an hour on the second Sunday in March, during the spring. In the U.S., clocks will officially spring forward at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2025. Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday of November in the fall of each year. That’s when states turn clocks back an hour.

Do I gain or lose an hour of sleep for Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. March 9, 2025?
When Daylight Saving Time begins, we lose an hour of sleep: Our clocks “spring forward” and are turned ahead an hour at 2 a.m. In the fall, when DST ends, clocks “fall back” an hour in November. That is when people gain an hour of sleep.

When does Daylight Savings 2025’s time change fall back?
Clocks fall back on Sunday, Nov. 2, in 2025.

Is Donald Trump going to end Daylight Savings Time in 2025?
President Donald Trump did not set a date but declared through the social media platform Truth Social that he would eliminate Daylight Saving Time — which would also require approval from Congress:

“The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” Trump posted.
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

Donald Trump on time change: Says he will push to end Daylight Saving Time.

Why does Daylight Saving Time change at 2 a.m.?
In an interview with Time Magazine, author Michael Downing cited his book, Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time, to explain how Amtrak and the railroads were the main reason clocks change at 2 a.m. for DST.
There were no trains leaving the station at 2 a.m. on Sundays in New York City when Daylight Saving Time was established. “Sunday morning at 2 a.m. was when they would interrupt the least amount of train travel around the country,” Downing said.

Which U.S. states don’t change clocks for Daylight Saving Time?
As of July 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation noted that only Hawaii and parts of Arizona do not participate in daylight saving time. The Navajo Nation is the lone exception in Arizona. The territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands also don’t participate. States may exempt themselves from observing daylight saving time by state law, in accordance with the Uniform Time Act.

What time is it in California?
The entire state of California is in the Pacific Time Zone, also known as Pacific Standard Time. Visit timeanddate.com to see the current time in any city in the state.

What time does the sun rise, and what time does it set in California when we spring forward?
On March 9, clocks will jump one hour ahead. In San Diego and other parts of far Southern California, that means the sun will rise just a few minutes after 7 a.m. The sun will set over San Diego around 7 p.m. throughout March. In Redding and other parts of far Northern California, the sun will rise at 7:30 a.m. and set at 7:10 p.m. on March 9.

What is the Sunshine Protection Act? When is the U.S. getting rid of daylight savings time?
The Sunshine Protection Act of 2021, which was created to make Daylight Saving Time the new, permanent standard time, was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate in 2022. However, it didn’t pass in the U.S. House of Representatives. There is currently no news on when it will be readdressed and then signed into law. As of mid-February, there’s no permanent end in sight to DST.

Did Daylight Saving Time start because of farmers?
No, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. “Many Americans wrongly point to farmers as the driving force behind Daylight Saving Time. In fact, farmers were its strongest opponents and, as a group, stubbornly resisted the change from the beginning,” according to Old Farmer’s Almanac reporter Catherine Boeckmann.
“When the war ended, the farmers and working-class people who had held their tongues began speaking out. They demanded an end to Daylight Saving Time, claiming it benefited only office workers and the leisure class. The controversy spotlighted the growing gap between rural and urban dwellers,” Boeckmann wrote.