Staff report
It’s been talked about, threatened with preventive legislation, been a political football and the subject of endless debate, but it’s still here — and now the time is right.
Daylight Saving time is come to an end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. Get ready to gain and hour — and check your clocks and your schedule to be sure you are in sync.
Daylight Saving time is the period during the year from March to early November when the majority of the U.S. operates one hour ahead of standard time. But now. we’re “falling back.”
It was first adopted in 1918 during WW I as an effort to conserve fuel. After the war, states were give the option to continue observing it and during WW II and the 1970’s energy crisis Congress brought year-round DST and in 1966 established a uniform start and end time.
Your phones should change overnight to display the correct time if they are set to update automatically. But, heads up, there will still be clocks to change.
The good news is you’ll have an extra hour on Sunday.