STATEN ISLAND, N.Y -- Daylight Saving Time 2022 ends on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 a.m.
On that Sunday, before bedtime, most people will “fall back” and set their clocks back one hour — allowing for an extra hour of sleep and returning to Standard Time.
In a little more than a week, days will begin to get noticeably shorter, and the sun will set before 6:30 p.m. for the first time since March 12.
On Saturday, Nov. 5, the sun will set on Staten Island at 5:48 p.m.. The next day, on Nov. 6, the sun will set at more than an hour earlier -- at 4:47 p.m. The amount of daylight will continue to lessen earlier each day until Dec. 21, when the winter solstice arrives. Then the length of days will begin to increase until the summer solstice on June 21, 2023.
What is the purpose of Daylight Saving Time?
The practice of setting clocks one hour ahead in the spring during the warmer weather and back one hour in the fall as it gets colder is known as Daylight Saving Time.
The purpose of Daylight Saving Time is so we can make better use of natural daylight. The sun will rise and set an hour earlier once Daylight Saving Time ends, which means more sunlight will be present during the day.
What is the history of Day Light Saving?
Benjamin Franklin gets some credit for the idea of daylight saving time. He published a satirical essay in 1784 titled “An Economical Project,” in which he raised the idea of people getting out of bed earlier in the morning to lessen the pounds of candles per hour being burned.
In 1916, Germany was the first country to enact daylight saving time to conserve electricity. Two years later, Daylight Saving Time was introduced in the United States with the Standard Time Act of 1918 -- which established the time zones -- as a measure to conserve energy resources needed for the war and to extend the working day.
It is not observed in all 50 states. Hawaii and Arizona (with the exception of the state’s Navajo Nation) remain on the same time year-round.
Daylight Saving Time will return on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
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