Clocks ‘Fall Back’ This Weekend

As the chill of November nears and daylight fades earlier each evening, Americans are once again preparing to adjust their clocks. The end of daylight saving time marks the seasonal shift that grants everyone an extra hour of rest — at least for one weekend.

Daylight saving time officially concludes on Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2 a.m. local time, when clocks will “fall back” by one hour. The switch always takes place on the first Sunday of November and resumes on the second Sunday of March.

For those wondering how it works, daylight saving time runs from spring through early fall, when clocks are moved ahead one hour in March to make better use of evening sunlight. When November arrives, the process reverses, bringing earlier sunrises — and darker afternoons.

Although the term “daylight savings time” is frequently used, especially in the United States, Canada, and Australia, the correct name is actually daylight saving time — singular, not plural.

The debate over whether to end the twice-yearly clock changes has persisted for years, and even reached the attention of President Donald Trump. He’s voiced support in the past for abolishing the system altogether, arguing that the constant adjustments are a nuisance.
“The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate daylight saving time,” Trump said on Truth Social in December 2024. “Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.”

However, Trump later acknowledged that the issue isn’t as simple as it seems. In an interview earlier this year, he admitted that public opinion is split. “This should be the easiest one of all, but it’s a 50-50 issue. If something’s a 50-50 issue, it’s hard to get excited. I assume people would like to have more light later, but some people want to have more light earlier, because they don’t want to take their kids to school in the dark,” Trump said in March, according to Reuters. “A lot of people like it one way, a lot of people like it the other way, it’s very even.”

His comments echoed remarks he made years earlier, when he encouraged lawmakers in both chambers of Congress to consider extending evening daylight permanently. As the clocks prepare to roll back again, it seems the debate over whether to keep or scrap the practice will keep circling — much like time itself.

{Matzav.com}