{"id":124227,"date":"2026-02-05T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124227\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:31:08","slug":"daylight-saving-time-well-spring-ahead-earlier-than-you-think-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124227\/","title":{"rendered":"Daylight Saving Time: We\u2019ll \u2018spring ahead\u2019 earlier than you think in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you ready for spring? While winter is still at its peak and Staten Island Chuck says we have at least six more weeks of cold weather to go<\/a>, the start of Daylight Saving Time \u2014 the period between March and November when most Americans \u201cspring forward\u201d by one hour to gain more daylight in the summer evenings \u2014 is just around the corner.<\/p>\n

The clock change takes place each year on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday in November. In 2026, we\u2019ll spring ahead on Sunday, March 8 \u2014 the earliest possible start date for the jump. <\/p>\n

According to The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac<\/a>, the purpose of the clock change is to make better use of natural daylight. When clocks \u201cfall back\u201d to standard time, it shifts sunrise earlier \u2014 meaning brighter mornings. After the winter solstice on Dec. 21, daylight gradually increases each day, even if mornings still feel dim for a while.<\/p>\n

And when Daylight Saving Time begins again in March, sunrise and sunset will both occur about one hour later than the day before, giving most people more evening daylight.<\/p>\n

But those who love that extra push of evening daylight should take note: In 2026, Daylight Saving Time will end the earliest it can ever possibly end on Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you ready for spring? While winter is still at its peak and Staten Island Chuck says we…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-124227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}