“Falling Back” In Time

Daylight Saving Time Will End Soon

Photo by Elena Rabkina on Unsplash

On Sunday, Nov. 2, Daylight Saving Time (DST) will end, causing clocks to roll back an hour. Previously, the DST began on March 9 of this year, and clocks sprung forward one hour.

DST was first implemented after the passing of the Standard Time Act of 1918. Later, in 1966, U.S. Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, which established a uniform observance of DST within the standard time zones in the nation and allowed states to exempt themselves from observing DST. The Uniform Time Act mandated that DST would begin on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October. Most recently, the act was amended with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to extend DST by moving the start date to the second Sunday in March and the end date to the first Sunday in November. Currently, this is the interval in which DST is observed today.

Only two U.S. states do not adopt DST: Arizona and Hawaii, who operate on standard time throughout the year.

“I’m really excited for clocks to fall back,” freshman Sophie Yu said. “I’m really glad I can get an extra hour of sleep.”