“When does daylight savings time end?” That’s a good question, and InvestorPlace has the answer!
Daylight savings time will officially come to an end on Nov. 6, 2016 at 2:00 a.m. This means that clocks will need to be turned back by one hour. It also means that we can enjoy an extra hour of sleep that night.
Many people might not even have to worry about turning back clocks for daylight savings time. The majority of computers and smartphones will handle the process automatically, which can save people from waking up early the following morning. However, most wall clocks will have to be turned back one hour manually.
Here are a few things to know about daylight savings time.
- Daylight savings time in the United States starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November.
- This has the practice lasting for 34 weeks, which is most of the year.
- It allows for farmers and others to take advantage of additional evening daylight while sacrificing early sunrises.
- Not all areas in the United States practice daylight savings time.
- Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands don’t set clocks back.
- The United States first started setting clocks back during World War I on March 19, 1918.
- However, the process didn’t stick around and was used inconsistently.
- The current length of 34 weeks for daylight savings time wasn’t established until 2005.
You can follow this link to learn more about the practice of setting clocks back one hour.
