September and the new school year have begun. And as it gets darker outside and the weather is cooling, you know what comes next.

Soon, we will be changing the clocks back to Standard Time.

According to TimeAndDate.com, Daylight Saving Time 2025 will end on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 a.m.

That is the day of the New York City Marathon, so runners will once again get an extra hour of sleep before the race as clocks “fall back.” Runners had that benefit in 2024 as well.

From there, we gradually approach the year’s shortest day — Sunday, Dec. 21, known as the winter solstice.

Days will then gradually get a bit lighter until we jump back into Daylight Saving Time on March 8, 2026.

The general idea of Daylight Saving Time is to give us more daylight during warm weather months, and less when it’s cold outside.

However, there’s been a continual push to get rid of the biannual practice.

Two states still opt out of changing the clocks: Arizona and Hawaii, which remain in Standard Time all year long.

Lawmakers in New York have been pondering whether or not to opt out of the practice in recent years.

During the fall 2023 legislative session, lawmakers introduced a pair of bills in the New York State Assembly and Senate to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.

Both bills remained trapped in committee, no vote took place before they expired, so neither became law.

Six bills were introduced in 2025 in the state Assembly and Senate, with three advocating for permanent Standard Time introduced by State Sen. Leroy Comrie and New York State Assemblymembers Angelo Morinello and Jeffrey Dinowitz.

Another three seek permanent Daylight Saving Time. They were introduced by Assemblymember Dana Levenberg, Sen. Joseph Griffo and Sen. James Skoufis.

They currently await committee action when the legislature reconvenes in 2026.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac explained that Daylight Saving Time was first pioneered by an Englishman named William Willett, who believed it could make the best productive use of the sun’s light.

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