Daylight saving is almost over — how will it affect your time zone?

Daylight saving time is almost over for select states and territories which will gain an extra hour this weekend.The time adjustment is designed to maximise evening daylight hours in summer and, as winter approaches, to shift more daylight to the mornings when the clocks move back.Here's everything you need to know about daylight saving time coming to an end for the year.Daylight saving time for 2026 will officially end this Sunday, 5 April at 3am AEDT.Clocks will roll back one hour to 2am, meaning some Australians will gain an extra hour of sleep Essentially, the hour between 2am and 3am will repeat itself, extending the night by one hour.Daylight saving time occurs every year from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April.From this Sunday, mornings will be brighter as the sun rises earlier due to the clock adjustment.It's up to individual states and territories to decide whether they wish to observe it, but those a bit further from the equator have adopted the time zone change.Daylight saving time is observed in:The following states and territories do not observe daylight savings:When daylight saving ends, Australia effectively loses two of its five time zones