USA and Canada fall back to standard time on 4th November

The leaves are turning yellow and red, coloring the neighborhoods with beautiful shades.

All this beauty reminds us that winter is coming, and so is the time change, which often comes as a bit of a surprise.

The USA and Canada will turn their clocks back one hour on Sunday 4 November 2012, at 02:00 local time.^[1]

Some areas do not use daylight saving time, so their clocks do not change. For example, Hawaii, most of Arizona and Regina in Canada stay on standard time all year.

Update, 26 October 2026: The US rule is still the same: clocks go back one hour at 02:00 on the first Sunday of November; in 2026 it falls on 1 November 2026.^[1] Hawaii, most of Arizona and Saskatchewan (Regina) still keep standard time all year.^[1][2] Canada has changed a lot: Yukon stopped changing its clocks in 2020, and in 2026 British Columbia, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario stopped too, so they no longer turn their clocks back in November.^[2] See also: USA and Canada move to standard time on November 3, 2013.