In March, millions of Americans will turn their clocks forward, marking the start of daylight saving time in 2025. The controversial practice of "springing forward" and "falling back" has been observed in most states for decades.

In 2025, Americans will “spring ahead” on Sunday, March 9, marking the end of standard time and the beginning of daylight saving time. At that time, clocks will jump ahead one hour from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Winter is winding down as the sun sets later each day, but nothing says spring like the day we spring the clocks forward. Under the current daylight saving period, most Americans will lose an hour on the second Sunday of March and gain an hour on the first Sunday of November.

While most states follow the biannual practice, Arizona — with the exception of the Navajo Nation — and Hawaii do not partake in daylight saving time. The U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands also forgo the twice-yearly changing of the clocks.

Here's when daylight savings time starts and ends this year and what would happen around the country if it ends permanently in 2025.

Daylight saving time will start on Sunday, March 9. The “spring forward” changeover officially takes place at 2 a.m., when we move the clocks ahead by one hour, meaning sunrise and sunset will be about one hour later on March 9 than the day before and there will be more light in the evening and less in the morning.

According to TimeAndDate.com, daylight saving time will start on Sunday, March 9, this year. Clocks will “spring forward,” as the saying goes, at 2 a.m. (ET). And while there are those who simply shrug and dutifully change their clocks in accordance with the practice, there are others who are hoping time’s up for daylight saving time.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) on Jan. 8 reintroduced legislation to end changing clocks twice a year, calling it "unnecessary" and an "annoyance."

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s cold and dark out there, for sure. But, the darkest day of winter is now a few weeks behind us, so we can look, quite literally, on the bright side: Each day since Dec. 21, 2024 will be lighter for longer, at least for a while.

In March, millions of Americans will turn their clocks forward, marking the start of daylight saving time in 2025. The controversial practice of "springing forward" and "falling back" has been observed in most states for decades.

A Republican lawmaker who represents parts of six rural Nevada counties is sponsoring a bill to take the state off daylight saving time — one of the 200 bills written so far.