Why all the hype around daylight saving time? We live in a time-obsessed culture. What time is it? When’s dinner? How soon till I take my lunch break from work?
This has been a popular search topic: Did candy makers or Halloween have anything to do with daylight saving time changes?
Does daylight saving affect Florida residents in Central Time Zone? Yes. CT can be a big frustration for Pensacola and other Panhandle residents.
In one month, daylight saving time is over.
Until the second Sunday of March, that is.
Despite efforts to permanently end daylight saving time in Florida and beyond, it’s almost time to fall back. Daylight saving time 2023 officially ends at 2 a.m. ET Sunday, Nov. 5, the first Sunday after Halloween. In states that observe daylight saving time, people will set their wall clocks back by one hour or “fall back.” Then, at 2 a.m. ET Sunday, March 10, 2024, daylight saving time begins, and we’ll set our wall clocks ahead by one hour or “spring forward.”
Though a group of U.S. senators tried to once again make daylight saving time permanent by reintroducing legislation on the Sunshine Protection Act this year, the measure did not pass. Here are things to know about daylight saving time and why Florida − and other states − will still fall back … and spring forward.
What are the current rules of daylight saving time?
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. Department of Commerce, these are the current rules:
The rules for daylight saving time changed in 2007 for the first time in more than 20 years. The new changes were enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended the length of DST in the interest of reducing energy consumption. The rules increased the duration of DST by about one month. DST is now in effect for 238 days, or about 65% of the year, although Congress retained the right to revert to the prior law should the change prove unpopular or if energy savings are not significant.
Daylight saving time in the U.S. begins at 2 a.m. the second Sunday of March (at 2 a.m. the local time skips ahead to 3 a.m. so there is one less hour in that day)
Daylight saving ends at 2 a.m. the first Sunday of November (at 2 a.m. the local time becomes 1 a.m. and that hour is repeated, so there is an extra hour in that day)
