Why Daylight Saving Ends a Day Earlier in 2025

I don't recall ever looking forward to the end of daylight saving time, and this year we'll be welcoming early darkness here along the SouthCoast a day sooner than last year. Wonderful, right?

I saw a headline about this on masslive.com and decided it was worth an investigation. Could MassLive have gotten it wrong? I'm afraid they got it right, and I, for one, am not happy about it.

"According to TimeandDate, Americans will turn their clocks back from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, marking the end of daylight saving time," reported MassLive.

I took a look.

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Not only is it true that we fall back on November 2, but it happens a day earlier than last year, when daylight saving time expired on November 3. What's up with that?

TimeandDate says daylight saving time began on March 9 this year, a day earlier than last year. That's why DST wraps a day early. You see, it changes all of the time. Check out TimeandDate's charts and graphs.

The practice of daylight saving time may be coming to an end soon. Congress is working on legislation to that effect, and it has the blessing of President Donald Trump.

TCPalm says, "When it comes to daylight saving time, an overwhelming amount of lawmakers and the public can agree on one thing: resetting the clocks twice a year is tedious and disturbs our sleep patterns."

The site says, "States cannot individually decide to abolish daylight saving time without congressional approval." The big question remains, "Which way should it stay year-round: Should we enjoy extra daylight hours in the morning or the evening?"