Updated 11/1/19

Daylight saving time ends on Sunday at 2 a.m. which is the official hour to set all of our clocks back to standard time,  but most of us will probably "fall back" before we go to bed Saturday night.

On the bright side, we gain an extra hour of sleep, but many 9-to-5 office workers face a dark side too by not getting to see much daylight on weekdays until next spring. 

Since Daylight Saving Time was introduced, lawmakers have, on occasion, seen fit to fiddle with it. This happened in the 70s, during the oil crisis, and again just a few years ago.

Starting in 2007, Daylight Saving Time got longer, beginning in March and ending in November, instead of April and October, respectively.

Remember, this is a good time of year to change the batteries on smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors!