When Do Clocks Fall Back? Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday, November 1, at 2 A.M.
Miami gets an extra hour tonight: daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, when clocks turn back to 1 a.m. - the earliest date the fall change can land - and Sunday's early voting runs on the new time.
Daylight saving time ends this weekend. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, clocks across most of the United States - Miami included - are set back one hour to 1 a.m., returning the country to standard time and giving everyone an extra hour overnight, according to the daylight-saving reporting read by the desk this morning. It is the earliest possible date the annual change can occur, because it lands on the first Sunday in November.
The practical notes are simple: phones and computers change themselves, and manual clocks are best turned back one hour before bed on Saturday night. The hour between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. effectively happens twice. Since 2007, daylight saving time has begun on the second Sunday in March and ended on the first Sunday in November, and it is scheduled to return on Sunday, March 14, 2027. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time and will not change their clocks.
The ritual may not last forever, but it is still law this year. The U.S. House approved legislation in July that would make daylight saving time permanent and eliminate the twice-yearly changes - the Sunshine Protection Act, passed 308-117 - but the Senate has not acted and no change has been enacted, so tonight's fall-back happens on schedule. For Miami-Dade, Sunday is also the last day of early voting, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the new, standard time.
