New Delhi: Daylight Saving Time is ending in the US on 3 November, 2024 at 02:00 hours, local time. The clocks will fall back by an hour, reverting to the standard time zones. On 10 March, 2024, Daylight Saving Time started in the US with the clocks across the time zones jumping ahead by two hours at 02:00 hours, local time. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe the Daylight Saving Time. The Hawaii-Aleutian Time zone does not observe the practice of Daylight Saving Time, and the clocks will remain unchanged, the timings for the remaining time zones are tabulated below.
| U.S. Time Zone | DST End (Local Time) | DST End (UTC) | DST End (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Time (ET) | 2:00 AM | 7:00 AM UTC | 12:30 PM IST |
| Central Time (CT) | 2:00 AM | 8:00 AM UTC | 1:30 PM IST |
| Mountain Time (MT) | 2:00 AM | 9:00 AM UTC | 2:30 PM IST |
| Pacific Time (PT) | 2:00 AM | 10:00 AM UTC | 3:30 PM IST |
| Alaska Time | 2:00 AM | 11:00 AM UTC | 4:30 PM IST |
Daylight Saving Time is observed in the US and portions of Europe, to gain economic advantage from extra hours of sunlight in the evenings, in the summers. The clocks are corrected again in the winters, to then take advantage of the extra hours of daylight in the early mornings. In Europe, Daylight Saving Time is known as ‘Summer Time’, and ended on 27 October. In the equatorial regions, there is not much difference in sunrise and sunset timings between summer and winter.
Context of Daylight Saving Time
The primary goal of Daylight Saving Time is to reduce energy consumption, and has its roots in war time measures. The implementation of the Daylight Saving Time was haphazard, which is why the practice was standardised by the Uniform Time Act of 1966 in the US. Daylight Saving Time was also introduced across Europe during the 1970s energy crisis. Surveys have revealed that the public sentiment is against the practice, with people finding it confusing and inconvenient.
