New York: Does the state observe daylight saving time?
New York observes daylight saving time and has no enacted law to go year-round.
New York's General Construction Law moves the state's standard time forward one hour each summer. The statute still lists the old April-to-October dates; the March-to-November dates in federal law now control. Year-round daylight saving time bills, including a 2026 Assembly bill, have not been enacted.
What the law says
2. At two o'clock ante meridian on the last Sunday in April of each year the standard time throughout this state shall be advanced one hour from that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, and the time so advanced shall continue to be standard time throughout this state until the last Sunday in October of the same year, when such standard time, as so advanced, shall be retarded to that of the seventy-fifth meridian west from Greenwich
Sources
- N.Y. General Construction Law § 52 Official · nysenate.gov
- 15 U.S.C. 260a (Uniform Time Act, daylight saving time) Mirror of official text · law.cornell.edu
- NCSL, Daylight Saving Time State Legislation Secondary · ncsl.org
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- New York State Senate
- Website
- nysenate.gov
How bordering states compare
- Connecticut Observes DSTConnecticut observes daylight saving time under state law and has no enacted law to change that.
- Massachusetts Observes DSTMassachusetts observes daylight saving time and has no enacted law to switch to year-round daylight or standard time.
- New Jersey Observes DSTNew Jersey observes daylight saving time under state law and has not enacted a year-round time law.
- Pennsylvania Observes DSTPennsylvania observes daylight saving time and has not enacted a law to change it.
- Vermont Observes DSTVermont observes daylight saving time by statute and has not passed a law to change that.