2025 time change dates for North Carolina
At 2:00 AM the clocks jump straight to 3:00 AM in North Carolina. That hour never happens, and everyone loses an hour of sleep.
At 2:00 AM the clocks return to 1:00 AM, so that hour is lived through twice and the night is an hour longer.
North Carolina keeps EST in winter and shifts one hour forward for the summer.
Countdown to the next change
Background
- Russia experimented with permanent summer time from 2011 to 2014 before settling on permanent standard time.
- The energy case for DST is weak by modern standards. A US Department of Energy study in 2008 found savings of about 0.5% of daily electricity use, and other studies have found no saving at all.
- Germany and Austria-Hungary were the first countries to adopt DST nationally, in April 1916, as a wartime fuel-saving measure.
Tips for North Carolina
Use the extra evening daylight in summer for outdoor activities and vitamin D.
Set your clocks before going to bed to avoid confusion in the morning.
Remember that not all countries change on the same date - check international meeting times carefully.
Use the phrase 'Spring forward, fall back' to remember which direction to change your clocks.
Frequently asked questions
When do the clocks change in North Carolina in 2025?
Clocks go forward on Sunday, March 9, 2025 and back on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
Which way do the clocks go?
"Spring forward, fall back" is the usual mnemonic: forward one hour in spring, back one hour in autumn.
Do I have to change anything myself?
Phones, computers and anything that syncs over the internet update on their own. Car clocks, ovens, microwaves and older wall clocks generally do not.
Is Daylight Saving Time being scrapped?
It has been proposed in many places and adopted in few. The European Parliament voted in 2019 to end mandatory clock changes and the change has stalled; in the United States the Sunshine Protection Act has repeatedly passed the Senate without becoming law. Most of the world that changes its clocks is still changing them.