Time change 2023 is about to fall back! When clocks move an hour for Daylight Savings Time

Time is nothing more than the point or period when something occurs, according to Webster's Dictionary.

So why do we obsess so much about Daylight Saving Time?

Because our time is valuable and there are only 24 hours in a day — unless the time has come to spring forward or fall back.

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Here's what you need to know about Daylight Saving Time:

When is the fall back time change for Daylight Savings Time in U.S.?

Participating states will see Americans turn their clocks back in the fall when Daylight Savings Time ends on the first Sunday of November each year.

When is the Daylight Saving 2023 time change?

The clocks fall back an hour on Sunday, Nov. 5, and they sprang forward on Sunday, Mar. 12

When do we fall back in 2023?

Clocks officially fall back at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023.

Do we get an extra hour of sleep in November with the fall back time change for DST 2023?

Yes. When the clocks "fall back" for Daylight Saving Time, they are turned back at 2 a.m. for one hour when Daylight Savings Time ends, providing for an extra hour of sleep, if desired.

When does Daylight Savings Time end?

DST ends when we move our clocks backward one hour Nov. 5 in the fall to provide more daylight during the morning hours. The process provides an extra hour of sleep.

In the spring, clocks are moved forward an hour for Daylight Saving Time to begin. The process takes away an hour of sleep.

Why does time change at 2 a.m. when we turn clocks back in fall, spring for DST?

In an interview with Time Magazine, author Michael Downing cited his book, "Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time," saying Amtrak and the railroads were the main reason we change our clocks at 2 a.m.

When DST was being established, no trains left the station at 2 a.m. Sunday in New York City.

“Sunday morning at 2 a.m. was when they would interrupt the least amount of train travel around the country,” Downing said.

Is it Daylight Saving or Daylight Savings?

Habits are hard to break. Most people have been saying it wrong most of their lives. Daylight saving time without the "s" and no apostrophe is the proper term. Conventional use, however, leans toward saying daylight savings time despite being grammatically incorrect.

What is the Sunshine Protection Act?

The Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 would make daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, according to USA TODAY. This means once clocks spring forward in March, they would not change in November of next year. Clocks would no longer need to be changed twice a year.

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When does Daylight Savings Time end permanently?

Despite the Sunshine Protection Act being unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate in 2022, there is no permanent end in sight.

The bill was not signed into law by the U.S. House of Representatives, citing other priorities that needed to be addressed before tackling DST, according to The Hill. Thus, the bill has not been signed into law by President Joe Biden.

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) told The Hill in July that efforts to find a consensus for Daylight Saving Time continue to fall flat with an emphasis on geographical issues rather than political party lines.

"The problem is that a lot of people say to me, ‘Oh, we should just have, you know, we shouldn’t switch back and forth, we should just have standard or daylight saving,’ but then they disagree over which one to enact," Pallone told The Hill.

"And so that’s the problem. We need a consensus that if we’re gonna have one time, what is it? And I haven’t been able to get a consensus on that."

Which U.S. states, territories don't observe Daylight Savings Time?

As of July 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation noted that only Hawaii and parts of Arizona do not participate in daylight saving time. The Navajo Nation is the lone exception in Arizona.

The territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands also do not participate.

According to the website, states may exempt themselves from observing daylight saving time by state law in accordance with the Uniform Time Act, as amended.

Did Daylight Savings Time start because of farmers?

No, according to almanac.com.

"Many Americans wrongly point to farmers as the driving force behind Daylight Saving Time. In fact, farmers were its strongest opponents and, as a group, stubbornly resisted the change from the beginning," Catherine Boeckmann wrote for almanac.com.

"When the war ended, the farmers and working-class people who had held their tongues began speaking out. They demanded an end to Daylight Saving Time, claiming it benefited only office workers and the leisure class. The controversy spotlighted the growing gap between rural and urban dwellers."

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When did Daylight Savings Time start?

Congress officially declared clocks moved ahead one hour at 2 a.m. March 31, 1918, according to almanac.com. In order to deal with the time change, an 8 p.m. bedtime was recommended for all Americans.

According to history.com, the change was made with the intention to save on energy costs during and match the daylight hours to when the majority of Americans would be awake.

When does Daylight Savings time change spring forward, fall back in 2024?

Clocks spring forward on Sunday, Mar. 10, and fall back Nov. 3 in 2024.

Chris Sims is a digital producer for the Journal Star. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

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