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Connecticut: Does the state observe daylight saving time?
Observes DST
Connecticut observes daylight saving time under state law and has no enacted law to change that.
State law sets Eastern time, moved one hour ahead from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. A 2025 bill to move Connecticut to Atlantic Standard Time (HB 5683) did not pass.
What the law says
The standard of time for the seventy-fifth meridian west of Greenwich shall be the standard of time for this state, except that the standard of time of this state shall be one hour in advance of such established time from two o'clock ante meridian on the second Sunday in March until two o'clock ante meridian on the first Sunday in November.
Sources
- Conn. Gen. Stat. 1-6 (FindLaw) Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com
- NCSL, Daylight Saving Time State Legislation Secondary · ncsl.org
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Connecticut General Assembly
- Website
- cga.ct.gov
How bordering states compare
- Massachusetts Observes DSTMassachusetts observes daylight saving time and has no enacted law to switch to year-round daylight or standard time.
- New York Observes DSTNew York observes daylight saving time and has no enacted law to go year-round.
- Rhode Island Observes DSTRhode Island's law moves its clocks forward one hour each spring and back each fall.
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