When does daylight saving time end? Here's when you turn back the clocks
Every year, leaves start to fall and the daylight starts to fade a little earlier to signal that it's time to fall back from daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November. For 2023, it will be Nov. 5, according to timeanddate.com and clocks will turn back one hour. Sunrise and sunset will also be about one hour earlier than the day before with more light in the morning.
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Did daylight saving time start because of farmers?
No, farmers are not to blame for the creation of daylight saving time.
The idea is often credited to Benjamin Franklin, who proposed moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening in an 18th century satirical essay, suggesting doing so might make people more active.
The idea was more seriously floated by several other people in the 19th and 20th centuries, but daylight saving time as we know it today wasn't implemented until the World War I era to presumably cut energy costs. Several studies that have been conducted since then have not proven the move saves money, though.
Does everyone in the U.S. observe daylight saving time?
Neither Hawaii nor Arizona observes daylight saving time, according to the site. Hawaii observes Hawaii Standard Time year-round, and the last time the state saw the time change was in 1945.
Much of Arizona doesn't fall back, either, but the Navajo Nation still turns back the clock because the nation extends into New Mexico and Utah, the site reads. The Hopi Nation follows Arizona's standards, and the last DST in Arizona was observed in 1967.
Did Congress vote to end daylight saving time?
The right for states to opt out of observing daylight saving time is part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which became effective in 2007. The law extended it in the U.S. for several weeks, according to timeanddate.com.
The Senate then passed the Sunshine Protection Act in March 2022 which would have permanently extended DST to all 12 months of the year. It was introduced by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and several other members of Congress, but it later died in the House.
Much of the U.S. would prefer to move to a later year-round time, according to a poll from Monmouth University. Forty-four percent of people would prefer the later time, but on the East Coast, the preference dips down to 40%. Other polls have presented varying results, the study said.
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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Daylight saving time 2023: When do you turn clocks back?
