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Daylight Savings Time is often refered to as “Summer Time.”
It’s almost time to turn your clocks back.
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Nov. 6– this Saturday– which means most Americans – expect for those in Arizona, Hawaii and a few territories – will be “falling back” — turning their clocks one hour into the past.
It’s a practice that’s meant to reduce electricity usage by extending morning daylight hours.
Below are fast facts about the twice-yearly time change:
- Sunday, March 13, 2016 – Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 am. Set clocks ahead one hour.
- Sunday, November 6, 2016 – Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 am. Set clocks back one hour.
- It is “Daylight Saving Time” (singular), not “Daylight Savings Time” (plural).
- Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time starts in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
- Timeline: 1784 – The idea of daylight saving is first conceived by Benjamin Franklin.
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