Clocks Go Back One Hour Sunday as Daylight Saving Time Ends

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Be sure to turn your clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1 as Daylight Saving Time (DST) will end. DST will start again March 14, 2027.

Despite what many of us were taught in school, Daylight Saving Time has nothing to do with helping farmers.

According to cleveland.com, DST was first observed in the U.S. in 1918 as an energy conservation effort in the wake of World War I. It was revived in the wake of World War II, but rules were often inconsistent across the country, causing confusion in transportation and broadcasting. The rules weren’t made consistent until the Uniform Time Act of 1966 and have been tweaked through the years.

The most recent tweak, in 2007, extended daylight saving by almost a full month under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The underlying idea being reducing utility consumption.

Daylight Saving Time currently lasts 238 days, which is just more than 65 percent of the year. With that majority many have advocated for DST to be observed all year.

Nineteen states are set to move to do away with the twice-yearly time change, according to cleveland.com.

The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House of Representatives on July 14, receiving bipartisan support. The bill was sent to the Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation but no floor vote is scheduled, and lawmaker schedules mean the matter is dead, at least for this year.

Congressional action is required due to the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which prohibits states from making the switch to permanent DST on their own. Federal law allows states to exempt themselves from the spring-forward change and remain on standard time all year. It does not allow the same state exemption for remaining on DST. Nineteen states have proactively passed legislation to move to permanent DST, just in case the bill ever comes to a vote and is passed.

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