Discover the Exact Time of Sunset When Daylight Saving Starts in New York!

After all of the snow, ice, sleet and freezing rain this winter it is hard to believe that spring is less than a month away. Plus we have Daylight Saving Time to look forward to in less than 2 weeks!

Perhaps you have noticed that our daylight hours are getting longer. Maybe you aren't driving home from with with the headlights on anymore. So what time will it be in New York when Daylight Saving Time arrives?

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According to the the Old Farmers Almanac, the Germans were the first to embrace the changing of the clocks in 1915. The British followed in 1916, the United States and Canada in 1918.

I had always heard that Daylight Saving Time was enacted to help farmers. Turns out farmers were strongly against "springing forward and falling back" from the start. Enough of a history lesson. Let's see when we move the clocks forward in 2025.

Daylight Saving Time in New York will begin on Sunday March 9, 2025 at 2am and will end on Sunday November 2, 2025 at 2am. According to Time and Date:

• Sunrise on February 28th is 6:32am
• Sunset on February 28th is 5:45pm
• Sunrise on Sunday March 9th will be 7:16am
• Sunset on Sunday March 9th will be 6:56pm
• By Sunday March 9th we will enjoy 11 hours and 39 minutes of daylight