The hands of time will change soon.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll spring ahead in South Florida in March for the start of daylight saving time. And we\u2019ll \u201cfall back\u201d and return to standard time in November \u2014 that\u2019s when we can reclaim our lost hour of sleep.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what to know about changing the clock:<\/p>\n
When is daylight saving time? A street clock in Homestead. Miami Herald File <\/p>\n
Time change: Daylight saving time starts at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 8, 2026.<\/p>\n
Sleep: Springing ahead means you\u2019ll lose an hour of sleep when the time changes. You can make it up on Nov. 1, when we turn the clocks back again.<\/p>\n
Pro tip: Move your manually controlled clocks ahead an hour before going to sleep on Saturday night, March 7.<\/p>\n
What does the time change do to morning and evening light? Get ready to spring ahead in March. Miami Herald File <\/p>\n
Sunrise and sunset when we change the clocks:<\/p>\n
\u25aa When we move the clocks forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 8, sunrise in Miami will be at 7:37 a.m. and sunset will be at 7:26 p.m.<\/p>\n
Monthly sunrise and sunset times until November:<\/p>\n
\u25aa April 8: 7:04 a.m. sunrise, 7:40 p.m. sunset<\/p>\n
\u200b\u25aa May 8: 6:39 a.m. sunrise, 7:55 p.m. sunset<\/p>\n
\u25aa June 8: 6:28 a.m. sunrise, 8:11 p.m. sunset<\/p>\n
\u200b\u25aa July 8: 6:35 a.m. sunrise, 8:15 p.m. sunset<\/p>\n
\u25aa \u200bAug. 8: 6:50 a.m sunrise., 8:01 p.m. sunset<\/p>\n
\u25aa Sept. 8: 7:03 a.m. sunrise, 7:32 p.m. sunset<\/p>\n
\u200b\u25aa Oct. 8: 7:16 a.m. sunrise, 6:59 p.m. sunset<\/p>\n
When does daylight saving time end?<\/p>\n
\u25aa Nov. 1: 6:29 a.m. sunrise, 5:39 p.m. sunset.<\/p>\n
Why do we tinker with the clock? The kinetic clock at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery & Science in 2006. Marsha Halper Miami Herald File <\/p>\n
Saving energy: Daylight saving time is all about a desire to save energy by extending sunlight later in the day during spring and summer. A study conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy found that the four-week extension of daylight saving time in 2008 saved about 0.5% of the nation\u2019s electricity per day, or 1.3 trillion watt-hours \u2014 which is enough to power 100,000 households for an entire year.<\/p>\n
Safety: Studies have also shown that the extra hour of daylight has resulted in safer roads, lower crime rates and economic benefits.<\/p>\n
Disruptions: Other concerns about daylight saving time have included disruptions to harvesting schedules for farmers, interference with religious observances based on solar and lunar time, and potential delays in reworking computer systems programmed to switch twice a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hands of time will change soon. We\u2019ll spring ahead in South Florida in March for the start…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[12200,123,125,124,81403,81405,81404],"class_list":["post-171112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-daylight-saving-time","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-sunrise-sunset","tag-miami-time-change","tag-spring-ahead-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}