Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday: Orlando Clocks Fall Back at 2 A.M. on November 1
Orlando gains an hour this weekend: daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, November 1, when clocks move back to 1 a.m. — the earliest date the fall change can fall, in a rare overlap with Halloween.
Halloween night comes with a bonus hour this year. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, November 1, when clocks move back one hour to 1 a.m. and standard time returns, according to USA Today's reporting read by the desk this morning and the Old Farmer's Almanac's time-change page. Because November 1 is the first Sunday of the month, the change lands on the earliest date it can fall.
The overlap of the fall-back weekend with Halloween is uncommon — USA Today notes it last happened in 2020 and will not happen again until 2037. The clock change does not shorten Halloween itself, which is over before 2 a.m., but it gives trick-or-treaters and their parents an extra hour of sleep afterward, and it brings earlier sunsets and lighter mornings as November begins.
Whether this is one of the last clock changes is still an open question in Washington. The Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent, was introduced by Rep. Vern Buchanan of Florida and passed the House in July, USA Today reported, but it has stalled in the Senate, and the Senate left for an extended election recess without taking it up. Until Congress changes the Uniform Time Act of 1966, the twice-yearly switch stays — so Orlando clocks that do not set themselves should be turned back one hour before bed on Saturday night.
