We'll gain an hour of sleep this weekend when clocks are turned back. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6.
Daylight saving time has been a staple of the U.S. calendar for the better half of the last century. The U.S. is not the only country, nor the first, to observe daylight saving. Around 70 countries observe daylight saving time, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere.
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In March, we do the opposite – setting our clocks forward one hour and losing an hour of sleep.
Ahead of a time change observed twice a year in most states, here's what to know.
Will daylight saving time be permanent?
Last year, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill called the "Sunshine Protection Act" that would make daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023. The measure has not yet passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, nor has it been signed into law by President Joe Biden.
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Recent polls found that only 35% of Americans want to keep resetting their clocks every fall and spring, while 59% want to see daylight saving time made permanent.
That sentiment appears to have translated to legislative action.
"In the last four years, 19 states (including Ohio) have enacted legislation or passed resolutions to provide for year-round daylight saving time, if Congress were to allow such a change, and in some cases, if surrounding states enact the same legislation," Jim Reed of the National Conference of State Legislatures told USA TODAY in November 2021.
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What is the purpose of daylight saving time?
The Department of Transportation said daylight saving time saves energy, prevents traffic injuries and reduces crime. The DOT oversees time zones and the uniform observance of daylight saving time because the railroad industry first instituted time standards.
The origin of daylight saving time
In 1966, the Uniform Time Act was signed into law, establishing nationwide standards for the observance of daylight saving time.
Prior to then, daylight saving time in the United States was not regulated by the federal government, leaving municipalities, cities and states the choice of whether or not to observe the practice, and if so, when it started and ended.
The practice was first suggested in an essay by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
But the first true proponent of daylight saving time was an English builder named William Willet.
In 1907, Willett published a pamphlet called "The Waste of Daylight" that campaigned for advancing clocks in spring and turning them back in fall, according to the National Museum of Scotland. He also encouraged people to get out of bed earlier in the summer to make the most of daylight.
When does daylight saving time begin in 2023?
In 2023, daylight saving time will begin at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 12 and will end for the year at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5.
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