Daylight Saving Time 2022: When Do Clocks Spring Forward In CA?

San Francisco CA

22 February, 2022

1:06 PM

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CALIFORNIA — Before spring officially arrives in California, residents will set their clocks forward one hour for Daylight Saving Time. It begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, which means later sunsets, dark mornings, and that drowsy week when you body is adjusting to the time change. Spring will arrive on March 20. For those who don't know, Daylight Saving Time is the practice of setting clocks forward one hour from standard time in the spring, and back again in the fall, in order to make better use of natural daylight. But why are we still changing our clocks? Longtime residents know that here in California, voters passed Proposition 7 in November 2018 which stated a desire to remain on Daylight Saving Time. But adopting a permanent time change will require a two-thirds vote of approval by the state legislature, not voters. We're still waiting. California is among the 48 states that — often begrudgingly — observe daylight saving time. Hawaii and Arizona don't observe the practice, although the Navajo Nation in the Grand Canyon State does. But it's not a popular practice across the country. Americans, by a 63 percent to 16 percent margin, favoring ditching daylight saving time altogether, according to a recent Economic/YouGov poll. The reasons the United States observes Daylight Saving Time are outlined in this video. So, Daylight Saving Time remains a thing in California. And you've been warned. Patch writers Adam Nichols and Matt Troutman contributed to this report.