Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends Sunday, November 2, 2025, (the first Sunday in November) at 2am when clocks are to be turned backward 1 hour. This will result in earlier sunrises in the morning and earlier sunsets in the evening.
DST currently remains a Washington state law.
Washington state lawmakers made attempts in past years to introduce bills to exempt Washington from DST. But those efforts have failed to get enough legislative support to bring the question to the voters to decide. Instead, in 2019, state law was revised to automatically approve adopting DST year-round in the event federal law is changed to allow it.
Currently, the Uniform Time Act prohibits states from observing daylight saving time year-round, but they are allowed to observe standard time year-round. Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation), Hawaii and all US territories currently observe standard time year-round.
Daylight Saving Time is expected to resume next year on the second Sunday in March.
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