Clocks fall back at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, as Texas' law for year-round daylight time still waits on Congress

Halloween night comes with a bonus hour this year.

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 when clocks fall back an hour, Gray News reported in a story carried by KXII. Standard time shifts daylight toward the morning, so evenings get dark sooner. Clocks are set to spring forward again on Sunday, March 14, 2027.

Texas voted for 'Texas Time'

Texas already has a law on the books that would end the twice-a-year change, but it has never taken effect.

House Bill 1393, passed in 2025, says Texas will observe daylight saving time all year and calls the state's standard time "Texas Time." It covers both the part of the state on central time and the part on mountain time.

The House approved it 133-11 in April 2025, the Senate passed it 26-5 that May, and the governor signed it June 20, 2025, according to the Legislature's records.

The catch is written into the bill itself. It takes effect only if Congress passes a law allowing Texas to stay on daylight saving time year-round. If Congress never does, the bill says, it has no effect.

Federal lawmakers have talked about doing away with the clock changes, but Congress did not act before this year's switch, according to the Gray News report. That leaves Texas on the same schedule as most of the country: fall back Nov. 1, spring forward in March.

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