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Jeanna Bryner

Daylight saving time 2026: When does the time change, and why?

An astronomical clock in the Czech Republic.

We fell back — now, it's time to spring forward again.

Daylight saving time will officially begin in North America on Sunday March 8, 2026, when clocks move forward by an hour. In most of Europe, meanwhile, daylight saving time, or British Summer Time as the U.K. calls it, begins on Sunday March 29, 2026.

Daylight saving time (sometimes erroneously called daylight SAVINGS time) ends again on Nov. 1, 2026 in the U.S., and on Oct. 25, 2026 in most of Europe and the U.K., when we will move our clocks back by an hour.

These spring and fall time changes continue a tradition started during World War I.

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