Turn Back Your Clock on Sunday as Daylight Savings Time Ends

Don't forget to turn back your clock on Sunday November 6. Daylight savings time will be over and standard time will begin again until next spring.

A federal law created daylight savings time in 1986. The intention of daylight savings time was to create an additional hour of sunlight during the spring and summer months. From its inception in 1986 until 2006, daylight savings time began on the first Sunday in April and ended on the last Sunday in October. The dates were changed in 2007 by another federal law, increasing the time period by about thirty days. Daylight savings time now begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.

Although the majority of the United States observes daylight savings time, the federal law does not require any state or county to do so. However, if a state or county chooses daylight savings time, they must abide by the dates as stated in the federal law. Hawaii and Arizona, except for the area of the Navajo Nation, are the only states that have opted to stay on standard time all year long. In addition, the United States territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa do not observe daylight savings time.

So, set your alarm so that you don't forget to turn back your clock on Sunday November 6 at 2:00 am, the official time that daylight savings time ends. Alternatively, you can turn back your clock before you retire on Saturday night or after you wake up on Sunday morning.