Get ready for more sleep. Here’s when daylight saving time ends in Texas
Editor’s note: The above video is from 2017.
Get ready to set your clocks back an hour. The long days of sunlight and summer are coming to an end, which also means the end of daylight saving time is approaching.
Clocks will go back an hour starting Sunday, Nov. 2 at 2 a.m., granting everyone an extra hour of sleep and less sunlight during the day.
Currently, Fort Worth sees the sun for 12 hours and 16 minutes a day. After daylight saving time ends, residents will have sunlight for 10 hours and 24 minutes, according to the Time and Date sunrise/sunset calculator.
Daylight saving time was founded to conserve energy during the spring and summer months. The U.S. Department of Energy found that daylight saving time cut daily energy use by 0.5 percent. This may not sound like much, but it’s enough power to fuel 100,000 homes each year.
So while it may be frustrating to wake up in the dark during winter, daylight saving time could be saving you some money on your energy bills.
Here’s what to know about the upcoming change.
What time will Fort Worth’s sunrise and sunset be after daylight savings?
Currently, the sun rises around 7:15 a.m. and sets around 7:30 p.m. in Fort Worth, according to Time and Date.
On the morning of Sunday, Nov. 2, residents will notice the sunrise around 6:48 a.m. The sun will then set around 5:37 p.m. that night.
When is the shortest day of the year?
The shortest day of the year will be on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025.
Time and Date estimates the sun will rise around 7:30 a.m. and set around 5:30 p.m., marking a 10-hour day.
Could daylight saving time go away?
Daylight saving time has been around since 1918, during World War I. It was created as a wartime measure to extend the workday.
In 2005, legislation was enacted that defined daylight saving time dates. Since then, Daylight saving time always begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November.
However, some states don’t participate in daylight saving time. Arizona and Hawaii, along with the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands remain on standard time.
In 2023, federal lawmakers introduced the Sunshine Protection Act, which would “make daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time.” That means no more changing the clock twice a year. But the bill stalled in the House, and a bipartisan version tried to make the same change, but it has yet to advance.
Texas has signed and proposed a permanent daylight savings calendar, but is waiting on federal congressional approval before it becomes effective. Within the last seven years, 18 states have enacted legislation to provide for a permanent daylight saving calendar if Congress approves it.
But for now, be sure and set your clock back an hour on Nov. 2.