Daylight saving time is ending soon. Here’s when to turn back your clocks
It’s almost time to turn back the clocks.
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When does daylight saving time 2023 end?
The end of daylight saving time is almost here — and people will get an extra hour of sleep out of it.
The time change occurs Sunday, Nov. 5, at 2 a.m., according to Farmer’s Almanac.
What’s the latest on the Sunshine Protection Act?
The Sunshine Protection Act, which seeks to make daylight saving time permanent, was unanimously approved by the Senate last year, per Axios.
“If we can get this passed, we don’t have to keep doing this stupidity anymore,” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the bill’s sponsor, said last year, the Deseret News reported. “Why we would enshrine this in our laws and keep it for so long is beyond me.”
But the bill stalled in the House and was not signed into law. A 2023 version of the bill also sits idle in Congress, per USA Today.
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Negative effects of the time change
A number of studies have linked changing the clocks twice a year to a variety of issues, including heart problems, depression, negative effects on sleep and car crashes, the Deseret News previously reported.
“The science has evolved over the last decade to show the transition between standard time and daylight saving time is associated with adverse health consequences,” Dr. Phyllis C. Zee, chief of Sleep Medicine in the Department of Neurology at Northwestern Medicine, said in a statement on Nm.org. “The big question on the table right now is, should it be permanent standard time or permanent daylight saving time?”
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine supports year-round standard time, “which aligns best with human circadian biology and provides distinct benefits for public health and safety,” according to its website.
Meanwhile in Utah ...
A 2022 Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll indicated that “fewer than one quarter of Utahns support the current system of changing clocks by an hour every spring and fall, with 71% of respondents saying they support adopting a permanent time year-round,” the Deseret News reported.
Of that 71%, 41% of respondents said they preferred year-round daylight saving time while 30% favored year-round standard time.
Utah is one of 19 states that have passed measures “to switch to permanent daylight saving time if Congress changes the rules to allow for such an action,” NPR reported.
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Which states don’t observe daylight saving time?
Hawaii and Arizona, excluding the Navajo Nation, do not observe daylight saving time, per USA Today.
When does daylight saving time return?
Daylight saving time will return March 10, 2024, at 2 a.m., according to timeanddate.com.
