Daylight saving time is forcing a lot of people to move their clocks forward by an hour. But people who live here won't have to observe the biannual practice

While all but two states in the U.S. continue to observe daylight saving time, there is still disagreement about whether it should be eliminated or made permanent.

Clocks had to "spring forward" one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2025, causing most people to lose an hour of sleep. We won't "fall back" to standard time again until Nov. 2, the first Sunday of November, when Americans fiddle with their clocks again.

This weekend, most of the United States will "spring forward," losing an hour of sleep to gain an hour of daylight.

It wasn't until the passing of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 that daylight saving became permanent, which established time zones across the country. The act stated that clocks would advance by one hour at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in April and turn back one hour at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of October.