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Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
The Ohio Clock in the U.S. Capitol being turned forward for the country's first daylight saving time on March 31, 1918 by the Senate sergeant at arms Charles Higgins.. Most of the United States observes daylight saving time (DST), the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during the day, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.
Daylight saving time for 2024 began at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, March 10, for "spring forward" and will end at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 3, for "fall back."
Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday of November every year. This year, it will end on Sunday, Nov. 3—meaning we will gain an hour of sleep. It will restart on Mar. 9 when the clocks ...
Set your clocks back this weekend for daylight savings, which will give us an extra hour of light in the mornings — and one fewer hour of daylight at the end of the day. Daylight savings ends ...
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, the clocks will "fall back" an hour and millions of Americans will gain an extra hour of sleep. This event annually marks the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST).
Many states subsequently introduced daylight saving time, and in 1966, the Uniform Time Act standardized the dates when it begins and ends. [3] Hawaii, most of Arizona, and the U.S. territories have opted to observe permanent standard time, [4] but the Uniform Time Act forbids observation of permanent daylight saving time. [3]
Daylight saving time for 2024 will be at 2 a.m. EST Sunday, March 10, when we "spring forward" or lose an hour. Candy makers' tale, sort of.