Autumn is here, and that means it's time for the clocks to fall back.

Here's what you need to know:

When is daylight saving time?

Daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday of March, when clocks spring forward an hour.

Clocks will fall back an hour – so we will gain an hour – on Nov. 2, 2025, which is the first Sunday of the month.

Why is there daylight saving time?

Daylight saving time was first formally enacted in the U.S. in 1918 and was put in place to give an extra hour of sunlight during the summer months. It was repealed after World War I, reinstated during World War II and then repealed again before the standardization of time was established in 1966.

Before President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, which established a uniform daylight saving tim

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