Daylight savings starts soon; when to spring forward in Delaware

The days are already growing longer as winter is winding down. But nothing really says spring like the day we spring the clocks forward for the start of daylight saving time 2025.

Under the current daylight saving period, most Americans will lose an hour on the second Sunday of March and gain an hour on the first Sunday of November.

Although the annual change in standard time will cause us to lose an hour of sleep, the sunny side of this practice is longer and lighter evenings.

Here's what to know about daylight saving time and when to change the clocks.

When does daylight saving time start in 2025?

Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, at which time clocks 'spring forward' and reset to 3 a.m.

Will we lose an hour or gain an hour?

In the spring, clocks spring forward one hour. You will have lost an hour when you awake that morning.

When does daylight saving time end in 2025?

In the fall, clocks fall back one hour. You will gain an extra hour of potential sleep or play.

Daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday of November each year. This year the clocks will fall back an hour on Sunday, Nov. 2.

When are the longest and shortest days of 2025?

This summer's solstice gives us the longest day of the year on June 20, 2025 when we get a whopping 15 hours of daylight.

The winter solstice will bring us the shortest day of the year on Dec. 21, giving us approximately nine hours of daylight.

Why do we change the clocks every year?

According to the Farmer's Almanac, the idea behind daylight saving time was meant to give us more daylight during the summer evenings and then move it back to give us more daylight during winter mornings.

Maria Francis is a Pennsylvania-based journalist with the Mid-Atlantic Connect Team.

This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Daylight savings 2025: When is spring forward in Delaware?