Daylight Saving Time 2025: exact “spring forward” and “fall back” dates by country (and whether the time changed today)

Here’s a clear, up-to-date guide to when clocks change in 2025—plus a quick “did it change today?” check for the U.S., UK/EU, and Egypt.

The short answers

• United States & Canada (most regions)

  • Start (“spring forward”): Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. → clocks jump to 3:00 a.m.

  • End (“fall back”): Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. → clocks go back to 1:00 a.m.

  • Not on DST: Hawaii, most of Arizona, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands (and a few Canadian local exceptions).

• United Kingdom & most of Europe

  • Start: Sunday, March 30, 2025, at 01:00 UTC (2:00 a.m. local in the UK; 3:00 a.m. in Central Europe) → clocks forward one hour.

  • End: Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 01:00 UTC → clocks back one hour.

• Egypt (Africa/Cairo)

  • Start: Friday, April 25, 2025 → clocks moved forward one hour at midnight.

  • End: Friday, October 31, 2025 (effectively at 00:00, rolling back to 11:00 p.m. on Oct 30) → back to standard time.

• Australia (states that observe DST: NSW, VIC, SA, TAS, ACT)

  • End of 2024–25 season: Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 3:00 a.m. → clocks back to 2:00 a.m.

  • Start of 2025–26 season: Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. → clocks forward to 3:00 a.m.

  • No DST in QLD, NT, WA.

• New Zealand

  • End of 2024–25 season: Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 3:00 a.m. → clocks back to 2:00 a.m.

  • Start of 2025–26 season: Sunday, September 28, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. → clocks forward to 3:00 a.m.

• Mexico

  • Most of Mexico no longer changes clocks (ended seasonal DST in 2022).

  • Northern border municipalities aligned with the U.S. do change on the same March/November dates as the U.S.

“Did the time change today?”

• Today is Saturday, November 1, 2025 (Africa/Cairo).

  • U.S./Canada: No change today. “Fall back” is tomorrow, Sunday, Nov 2, 2025, at 2:00 a.m. local.

  • UK/EU: Already changed last Sunday, Oct 26, 2025—now on standard time (GMT/WET; CET becomes CET-1).

  • Egypt: Clocks already went back at midnight leading into Oct 31, 2025—you’re on standard time now.

Quick planner: what “fall back” means for you

• Phones & laptops update automatically if time zone settings are on automatic. Wall clocks, ovens, and car dashboards rarely do—change them manually.

• Meetings & flights: Double-check Sunday/Monday calendar invites that cross borders; a one-hour mismatch is common right after the switch.

• Sunlight: After the “fall back,” sunrise is ~1 hour earlier and sunset ~1 hour earlier than the day before, so evenings get darker sooner.

Common DST questions, answered

• Is it “daylight saving” or “daylight savings”? The standard term is Daylight Saving Time (no “s”), though the plural is widely used informally.

• Will the U.S. stop changing clocks? Proposals resurface regularly, but the 2025 schedule stands: second Sunday in March, first Sunday in November.

• Do all countries observe DST? No—fewer than half do. Many equatorial countries never change, and several nations have scrapped seasonal shifts.

Handy memory tricks

• “Spring forward, fall back.” Move clocks forward one hour in spring, back one hour in fall.

• “Last Sunday” rule (Europe/UK). Europe changes on the last Sunday of March and October.

• “Second/First Sunday” rule (U.S./Canada). Second Sunday in March, first Sunday in November.

If you tell me your city, I’ll give you the exact local switch times and a sunrise/sunset preview for the days around the change.