Time change 2023 is approaching. What to know about daylight saving time this fall
Whether you love it or hate it, daylight saving time is on its way out. Some of us rejoice at the extra hour of sleep the turning back of the clock provides, while others despair at the sun's earlier bedtime.
Here's what you need to know about the controversial annual turning back of the clock.
When is daylight savings 2023?
Daylight saving time ends in the fall.
When do the clocks fall back an hour in the fall?
Daylight saving time in 2023, which by the way is properly said and typed as "daylight saving time" not "daylight savings time," ends on Nov. 5 this year. At 2 a.m., the clocks will turn back an hour.
When does daylight savings time permanently end?
Never! Well, not really — there's a chance, at least, that daylight saving time will meet its demise permanently at some point. That is, if the U.S. Senate gets its wish.
In 2022, the Senate passed a bill introduced by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, R-Florida, that would have put an end to daylight saving time once and for all beginning this year. Unfortunately for fans of sunshine, the bill did not become law, and we still observe daylight saving time.
Efforts had also been made by Illinois state legislators to put an end to the practice. In 2022, state Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, introduced a bill that would have amended to the Time Standardization Act to make daylight saving time the year-round standard time of the state.
State Sen. Doris Turner, D-Decatur, tried to pass the same law through the state Senate.
The bill did not become law.
Why does daylight savings time exist?
Daylight saving time exists because the U.S. government thought it was a good idea.
Following World War I, the U.S. government followed the lead of Germany and adopted daylight saving time because of a theory it would force people to conserve fuel and energy.
When did daylight savings time start?
Daylight saving time debuted in the United States in 1918.
Daylight saving time became a standard practice in the United States in 1966 with the passage of the Uniform Time Act of 1966.
Do any states not observe daylight savings time?
Hawaii and Arizona do not observe the tradition and they never have.
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This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Daylight Savings 2023: Time change and when we fall back
