Clocks Fall Back Tonight at 2 A.M.: Miami Gets an Extra Hour, and Sunday's Final Early Voting Runs on the New Time
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, November 1 - clocks go back to 1 a.m. - and Miami-Dade's final early voting day, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 28 sites, runs entirely on the new standard time.
Tonight is the night the clocks turn. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, when clocks fall back to 1 a.m. - giving Miami an extra hour of sleep on Halloween night and making Sunday, November 1, a 25-hour day. Phones and computers will make the change on their own; ovens, microwaves, wall clocks and car dashboards are the ones to check in the morning.
The change lands in the middle of election weekend. Sunday is the final day of early voting in Miami-Dade County, where 28 sites are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. - hours that run entirely on the new standard time. Anyone who set an alarm to vote early on Sunday gets the benefit of the extra hour; anyone going by a manual clock that was never turned back will arrive an hour early, not late. Election Day follows on Tuesday, November 3.
Whether tonight's change is one of the last is an open question in Washington. The House has passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, and President Trump has pressed for it, the Associated Press reported on October 29 - but several senators are blocking the measure, and no Senate vote is expected before the year ends, or before Tuesday's midterm election. Florida's own Sen. Rick Scott, who as governor in 2018 signed the state law that would keep Florida on daylight time year-round if the federal government ever approves it, now leads the Senate effort, with Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts among its supporters. For tonight, though, the law is the law: at 2 a.m., Miami falls back.
