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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Fall Back: Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday

Don't forget to change your clocks as we fall back and gain an hour.

It's that time of the year to "fall back."  Daylight Saving Time will end Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2 a.m., at which point it will become 1 a.m. CST. Remember to change your clocks Saturday night so as to not arrive one hour early to everything on Sunday, and enjoy the extra hour of sleep!  According to the The National Institute of Standards and Technology:  Daylight Saving Time, or DST, is the period of the year when clocks are moved one hour ahead. In the United States, this has the effect of creating more sunlit hours in the evening during months when the weather is the warmest. We advance our clocks ahead one hour at the beginning of DST, and move them back one hour ("spring forward, fall back") when we return to Standard Time (ST). The …

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Spring Ahead: Don’t Forget to Reset Your Clocks

Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday.

If you’ve had just about enough of wintertime, we’ve got good news for you: you’re about to get a little more sunshine. Of course, there’s a tradeoff: Depending on what time you have to get up Sunday morning, you might lose an hour of sleep. Starting at 2 a.m. March 13, most of North America will make the shift to Daylight Savings Time by moving the clock ahead one hour. Consider this your reminder to reset your clocks before you go to bed Saturday night. Courtesy of NASA, here’s some trivia about Daylight Savings.

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