© Zach Nemirovsky
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — Start breaking out that 20-foot ladder to change the analog clock in your living room that your kids don’t know how to read, because on November 3rd when local time reaches 2 a.m. it will be off by an hour thanks to daylight savings time.
Phones, computers, and other network connected electronics should adjust automatically, but you’ll likely have to adjust appliance and analog clocks manually.
Since 2018, nearly all states have considered legislation to drop the time shift. Nineteen states have passed laws or resolutions supporting year-round daylight saving time, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
However, the Uniform Time Act of 1966 blocks states from adopting permanent daylight saving without federal approval.
Hawaii, most of Arizona, and U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands already skip daylight saving.
In recent years, the push to stop clock-switching has grown. In 2018, Florida passed the Sunshine Protection Act to keep daylight saving year-round, pending federal approval.