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    When is Daylight Saving Time 2024? When should you set your clocks back?

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    With fall officially starting on Sunday, many in Texas are looking forward to the change of seasons. Pumpkin spice is back and hopefully the temperatures will cool down soon. One sign that those cooler, shorter days are coming is Daylight Saving Time.

    When will we get an extra hour of sleep? Here’s what you need to know about Daylight Saving Time in 2024.

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    When does Daylight Saving Time start in 2024?

    In 2024, Daylight Saving Time will end at 2:00 am on Sunday, November 3This means we return to standard time and daylight saving time is no longer applicable.

    When the clock reaches 2 a.m. local time, the time is set back one hour to 1 a.m. Many devices, such as phones and computers, automatically switch to Daylight Savings Time, but non-smart devices, such as microwaves and some car stereos, as well as clocks with hands, will likely need to be set manually.

    When does Daylight Saving Time start?

    In 2024 we jumped forward an hour Sunday March 10thWe’ll do it again next year Sunday March 9, 2025 and fall back an hour on November 2, 2025.

    Since 2007, Daylight Saving Time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, as mandated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Before that, a 1986 law placed the time changes on the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October, according to the Astronomical Applications Department. Between 1976 and 1986, clocks went forward on the last Sunday in April. In 1974 and 1975, Daylight Saving Time began in January and February, respectively.

    The United States first officially recognized Daylight Saving Time in 1918, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Standard Time Act.

    When is the shortest day of the year 2024?

    The shortest day of the year is the first day of winter or the winter solstice. In 2024, this will be on Saturday December 21st.

    Sunrises get later and sunsets get earlier as winter progresses. In addition, there are fewer hours of daylight in general. The tilt of the earth causes the northern hemisphere to point away from the sun.

    More about seasons: Farmers’ Almanac says the heat in Texas won’t let up this fall. How accurate is that?

    What does daylight saving time mean?

    The end of daylight saving time means that there is more light in the morning and that it gets dark earlier in the evening. Sunrise and sunset on Sunday 3 November are about an hour earlier than on Saturday 2 November.

    For most Americans, with the exception of residents of Arizona, Hawaii and a handful of other places, the end of Daylight Savings Time means an extra hour of sleep on Nov. 5. It also helps the country get more daylight in the mornings in preparation for winter.

    How did Daylight Saving Time come about?

    Daylight Saving Time (DST) has several other names: Daylight Saving Time savings time, daylight saving time (not to be confused with summer time). It refers to the practice of setting the clock forward one hour during the warmer months of the year and back one hour in the fall.

    A way to remember the pattern: “spring forward, fall back.”

    The idea dates back to World War I, although some credit Benjamin Franklin with pioneering Daylight Saving Time because of a satirical letter he wrote in 1784, in which he stated: “Every morning, as soon as the sun rises, all the bells in every church should be rung. And if that does not suffice, cannon should be fired in every street, to effectually wake the idle.”

    In order to make the most of the resources for the war, Germany and Austria were the first to introduce daylight saving time in 1916. The US did the same in 1918. An outdated idea, some argue.

    The general idea of ​​Daylight Saving Time is to maximize the use of natural daylight, according to the Almanac. This always occurs around the summer months. Because the Earth orbits the sun and is tilted on its axis, certain parts of the world experience longer days during certain months. For people in the Northern Hemisphere, such as the United States, these longer days last from March to November, with the longest days being June through August.

    For people in the southern hemisphere, such as Australia, the seasons are reversed: June through August are the winter months and therefore the shortest months of the year.

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