Clocks Fell Back an Hour Overnight in Newark as Daylight Saving Time Ended for 2026
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, clocks across New Jersey moved back to 1 a.m., returning the state to standard time until March 14, 2027 — with sunrise and sunset each about an hour earlier by the clock, and an earlier dusk settling over Election Day on Tuesday.
Daylight saving time ended for 2026 at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, when clocks across New Jersey and most of the United States fell back one hour to 1 a.m. The change, which arrived the morning after Halloween, returned the region to standard time and gave most people an extra hour of sleep overnight; clocks and appliances that do not adjust themselves still need a manual reset.
Sunrise and sunset both arrive about an hour earlier by the clock under standard time, moving a slice of daylight from the evening into the morning. In Newark, the station's own weather feed showed a dry Sunday with a high near 61 degrees, a dry Election Day ahead on Tuesday with a high near 68 — and, for voters heading home after the polls close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, a sunset that now falls a full hour earlier than it did on Saturday.
Standard time remains in effect until daylight saving time begins again on March 14, 2027. The twice-yearly switch is still being debated in Washington: the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act in July, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide, but the Senate has not voted on the bill, so no change has been enacted into law and the clocks will move again in March.
