Ohio will soon spring forward and lose sleep. Here’s when daylight saving time begins
If you’re in need of more sunlight, you don’t have to wait much longer. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, when Ohio residents “spring forward” and move their clocks ahead one hour.
Spring officially begins Tuesday, March 19, and Mahoning Valley residents have already seen temperatures start to warm up recently after a period of cold, snowy and icy weather.
But will Ohio put an end to the tradition of changing clocks twice a year? Here’s what to know.
Daylight saving legislation in Ohio, across US
Bills relating to daylight saving time often circulate the Ohio legislature.
So far, Hawaii and Arizona are the only states in the country that don’t observe daylight saving time, and the Navajo Nation portion of Arizona does practice daylight saving.
History of daylight saving
The original daylight saving law passed the U.S. Congress in 1918, and state governments were left with the decision to keep or scrap it after World War I, CNBC previously reported.
The Uniform Time Act was passed in 1966 and requires state governments that choose to observe daylight saving to begin and end the practice on federally determined dates.
“Under the Uniform Time Act, States may choose to exempt themselves from observing Daylight Saving Time by State law,” the U.S. Department of Transportation website reads. “States do not have the authority to choose to be on permanent Daylight Saving Time.”
This year’s daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3.
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Belleville News-Democrat service journalist Meredith Howard contributed to this article.
This story was originally published February 1, 2024 at 10:30 AM with the headline "Ohio will soon spring forward and lose sleep. Here’s when daylight saving time begins."
