When Do We Set Our Clocks Back in 2025? Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, & New York Take Note

If you are like most of us who do not live for skiing or ice fishing, the warmer months probably get your vote over winter every time.

Why Do We Have Time Change?

According to the Time and Date website, the first people to use a time change to change the amount of daylight they had were the residents of Port Arthur, Ontario.  A few hundred people started changing their clocks in July of 1908.

During the First World War, several countries, including Germany and the UK, implemented daylight saving time to conserve resources. Many of those countries stopped using daylight saving time after the war. However, it was reintroduced in the next few decades, and had (for the most part) been implemented again by the Second World War.

According to a post on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics website, the United States official implemented a time change in 1966.  At that point, daylight savings time started in early April and lasted until late October.  In the early 2000s, those times were adjusted.  Now, it runs from about the middle of March until early November.

When Do We Change Our Clocks in 2025?

We set our clocks back early on the morning of Sunday, November 2nd, 2025

Of course, in most cases, our clocks will set themselves back.  This is the case for laptops, phones, smart watches, and probably even your microwave.

So, just enjoy that extra hour of sleep!