Daylight Saving Time is Setting the Clocks Back on the First Sunday in November

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Daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday in November when clocks are set back from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m., giving an extra hour of sleep. It was originally proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 as a way to save money and has a history dating back to 1895 when New Zealand entomologist George Hudson suggested the idea. In the United States, the Uniform Time Act of 1966 standardized the practice, and despite recent efforts to keep daylight saving time year-round, it remains in effect with 63 percent of Americans wanting to eliminate it, but no major legislative changes on the horizon.

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