US clocks set to fall back, reform stalled

Most Americans are scheduled to turn clocks back one hour on Nov. 1, 2026, returning to standard time and gaining an hour in the morning while losing evening daylight. Proposals to make daylight saving time permanent remain stalled federally, despite support from some lawmakers and states; Tennessee’s law, for example, depends on federal approval. The debate echoes a 1973–74 U.S. experiment with year-round daylight saving time, which was reversed amid public concern about children traveling to school in darkness and reports of fatal crashes. Permanent daylight saving time would keep winter evenings brighter but delay sunrise, without creating more total daylight. Hawaii and most of Arizona remain on standard time year-round.