Clocks Fall Back in Pensacola Early Sunday: Daylight Saving Time Ends at 2 a.m.
Pensacola gains an hour of sleep this Halloween weekend — clocks turn back at 2 a.m. Sunday, November 1, sunrise jumps to 6:03 a.m., and Election Day voters get a brighter morning and a darker evening.
Daylight saving time ends in Pensacola at 2 a.m. Central on Sunday, November 1, when clocks fall back one hour to 1 a.m. and standard time returns. Because Pensacola keeps Central Time while most of Florida keeps Eastern, the Panhandle makes the change an hour after the rest of the state.
The shift is visible the same morning. Sunrise on Sunday comes at 6:03 a.m. and sunset at 5:01 p.m. — each about an hour earlier than on Halloween Saturday, when the sun rose at 7:02 a.m. and sets at 6:01 p.m. The practical effect for the week ahead is more light for morning commutes and school runs, and darkness earlier in the evening, including on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3.
Whether the twice-a-year change survives is still an open question in Washington. The House of Representatives voted 308-117 earlier this year to make daylight saving time permanent, and two bills — H.R. 139, passed by the House on July 14, and S. 29, filed by Florida Sen. Rick Scott — would do the same; making the change permanent requires congressional approval and the president's signature. Florida has asked for permanent daylight saving time since 2018. For this weekend, though, the instruction is the old one: set clocks back before bed on Saturday night.
