When is daylight saving time 2024? What it means for your clocks.
When is daylight saving time in 2024? Here’s when we fall back and spring forward.
Summer will soon be coming to an end and with it means the end of daylight saving time. But you still have some time to get ready.
We are still several months away from falling back and gaining another hour of sleep. Daylight saving time occurs between March and November when most Americans adjust their clocks ahead by one hour. In March we spring forward and lose an hour in our schedule and November we fall back to regain that hour. While the practice has been around for decades, not everyone wants for it to stick around.
Time adjustment like this affects the daily lives of millions of Americans each year. The change can contribute to less sleep and changes in the schedules for children and pets in the days following.
Here’s everything you need to know to get ready ahead of this year’s time change.
When does daylight saving time end?
In 2024, daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 a.m. local time. The day will fall back one hour to 1 a.m.
Do all states observe daylight saving time?
Not every state observes daylight saving time.
Over the years, 19 states have tried to do away with daylight saving time, but there are only two states in the U.S. that don’t observe the practice. Hawaii and Arizona do not observe daylight saving time.
Arizona doesn’t follow daylight saving time (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) because of the desert climate. After most of the U.S. adopted the Uniform Time Act, Arizona decided against adjusting clocks to make sunset occur an hour later during the hottest months of the year, reports USA TODAY.
For Hawaii, the state is so close to the equator that there is not a lot of variance between hours of daylight during the year.
Five other U.S. territories do not participate, either:
American SamoaGuamNorthern Mariana IslandsPuerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands When did daylight saving time start?
Daylight saving time began during World War I in Germany when the country was looking for ways to save energy. Germany moved the clock forward to have more daylight while people were at work. Several countries, including the U.S. in 1918, followed suit for the duration of the war.
Daylight saving time was used again during World War II as a way to save energy for war production and later became a national standard in the U.S. in 1966 when Congress passed the Uniform Time Act.
When is the first day of fall?
The official first day of fall is Sunday, Sept. 22, at 7:44 a.m. CT/ 8:44 a.m. ET, also known as the autumnal equinox.
The equinox is known as the astronomical start of the season, but there is another method used to measure the change in seasons.
The meteorological start to fall is based on the annual temperature cycle and the 12-month calendar. With this definition, each season begins on the first of a particular month and lasts for three months. This means summer will end on Aug. 31 and fall will start on Sept. 1, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
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