Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 was on Sunday, 8 March 2026 — it has already passed. The next Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) is on Sunday, 14 March 2027, in 123 days from today (11 November 2026). This page gives the 2026 date, what the day means, how it is observed, and the dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028.

Try the tool: Countdown Timer — count down to Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 live, second by second.

Try the tool: Days Until Calculator — count the days until any date, including Daylight Saving Time Starts (US).

When is Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026?

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 is on Sunday, 8 March 2026 — Sunday. That date has passed; the next occurrence is Sunday, 14 March 2027 (123 days away). It is a United States observance, and a federal holiday in the United States where marked.

How the countdown is worked out

The countdown is the number of days from today to the holiday's date: the 2026 date is in the past, so the live countdown is to the next occurrence (14 March 2027), which is 123 days away. The count is in calendar days — it counts the days you have to wait, not the number of midnights, and it does not count today. The countdown timer recomputes the number live, second by second, and the days until calculator does the same calculation for any date you choose. If the holiday is in a different time zone from you, the day starts at a different moment — but the date is the date, and the countdown is in days, so the time zone does not change the number.

What is Daylight Saving Time Starts (US)?

Daylight Saving Time starts in the United States on the second Sunday of March, when clocks go forward one hour at 2am local time — 'spring forward'. Most of the US observes it; Arizona (except the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii do not.

How Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) is observed

People set their clocks forward on Saturday night and lose an hour of sleep. The change moves the extra daylight into the evening, and it is the day Americans most often complain about being tired.

How the date is worked out

Daylight saving time in the United States starts on the second Sunday of March, when the clocks go forward one hour at 2am local time. The date was moved to the second Sunday of March by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, in effect from 2007.

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) dates — 2026, 2027 and 2028

Year Date Day of the week
2026 8 March 2026 Sunday
2027 14 March 2027 Sunday
2028 12 March 2028 Sunday

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 in the calendar

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 is the 67th day of 2026 — a year of 365 days — and it falls in ISO week 10 of the year. There are 298 days left in the year after it, and 31 days in March 2026. In the Northern Hemisphere it is spring; in the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are reversed.

The week number matters more than people think: in business and government across Europe, dates are often given as week numbers, and the week number finder gives the ISO week for any date. The day-of-year number is used in astronomy, in logistics and in some payroll systems. And the days-left figure is the useful one for planning the rest of the year: after Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 there are 298 days — 42 weeks — left in 2026.

Planning for Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026

The 2026 observance has passed, so the planning horizon is the next one: Sunday, 14 March 2027 is 123 days away. That is 17 weeks — enough time to book travel, arrange time off and plan properly, and the earlier you book, the cheaper the travel usually is. The dates table above gives the next three years, so you can plan further ahead too.

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 falls on a Sunday — a weekend day — so most people get the day without taking time off. For federal holidays that fall on a weekend, the observed holiday is the nearest weekday: Saturday holidays are observed on Friday, and Sunday holidays on Monday. The practical effect is that the celebrations spread across the weekend, and the Friday or Monday around it is often taken as well — so if you are booking travel, the whole weekend is the busy period, not just the day itself.

The countdown in other units

The countdown to the next Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) (Sunday, 14 March 2027) is 123 days — which is 17 weeks and 4 days, 2952 hours, 177,120 minutes, or about 4.0 months. Of those 123 days, 87 are weekdays and 36 are weekend days — so if you are counting working days, there are 87 of them left before the holiday. The days between dates calculator works out the same numbers for any two dates, and the business days calculator counts the working days excluding public holidays.

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) around the world

As an American observance, this day is marked across the United States, and many of the days in this group are federal holidays — which means federal offices close, banks close, and the post does not run. Whether you get the day off depends on your employer and your state: private employers are not required to close on federal holidays. Schools usually follow the federal calendar, and the days around the holiday are among the busiest travel days of the year.

Planning checklist for Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026

When Task
Now The 2026 observance has passed — put the next one (Sunday, 14 March 2027) in your calendar, with a reminder a month before.
One month before Book travel and request time off, if Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) means either.
One week before Confirm plans, buy what you need, and check the date — the date is fixed.

More countdowns

If you are counting down to Daylight Saving Time Starts (US), you may also be counting down to Christmas Day 2026, New Year's Day 2026, Easter Sunday 2026. And for the same holiday in another year, see Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2027 and Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2028.

Frequently asked questions

When is Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026?

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 is on Sunday, 8 March 2026 (Sunday).

How many days until Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026?

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 has passed. The next one is Sunday, 14 March 2027, in 123 days from 11 November 2026.

What day of the week is Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026?

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026 is a Sunday.

When is Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) in 2027?

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2027 is on Sunday, 14 March 2027 (Sunday).

Is Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) a public holiday?

Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) is a federal holiday in the United States where marked, and it is observed as a public holiday in some states. Check your state and employer for the exact position.

What is Daylight Saving Time Starts (US)?

Daylight Saving Time starts in the United States on the second Sunday of March, when clocks go forward one hour at 2am local time — 'spring forward'. Most of the US observes it; Arizona (except the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii do not.

How many weeks until Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026?

The next Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) is 123 days away, which is 17 weeks and 4 days.

How many working days are left until Daylight Saving Time Starts (US) 2026?

Count the weekdays between today and the holiday: the business days calculator does it, excluding weekends and the public holidays you add. The countdown in other units above gives the weekday count for the next occurrence.

Sources

  • IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (Intl.DateTimeFormat with timeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory.
  • TimeFlow's own time-zone data (data/cities.ts, data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database.
  • Holiday dates: TimeFlow's own holiday data (data/holidays.ts).
  • TimeFlow's countdown timer and days until calculator — the live tools behind the countdown on this page.
  • Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.