Not all states ‘fall back’ or ‘spring forward.’
At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks will move forward one hour. Daylight saving time begins the second Sunday in March, when clocks move an hour forward. It ends the first Sunday in November, when clocks ”fall back.” The beginning of daylight saving time means more than just losing an hour of sleep Sunday morning. Here’s what you need to know about the time change: Your evening commute will get brighter. This week, depending on where you live within your time zone, sunsets have been around 6:30 p.m. Next week, they’ll be around 7:30 p.m., making for a brighter evening commute for most people. Sunrises this week have been around 6:40 a.m.; that will move an hour forward. Daylight saving time is 55 years old. Though the U.S. has other daylight policies dating back to 1918, daylight saving time as it’s currently observed is because of the Uniform Time Act, signed in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It’s supposed to save energy. Germany is credited with enacting the first daylight saving time policy in 1916 to save energy during World War I, according to Time magazine.
