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During late Winter we move our clocks one hour ahead and lose an hour during the night and each Fall we move our clocks back one hour and gain an extra hour. But Daylight Saving Time (and not Daylight Savings Time with an s) wasn't just created to confuse our schedules. The phrase Spring forward, Fall back helps people remember how Daylight Saving Time affects their clocks. At 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March, we set our clocks forward one hour ahead of Standard Time (Spring forward, even though Spring doesn't begin until late March, over a week after the start of Daylight Saving Time). We Fall back at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November by setting our clock back one hour and thus returning to Standard Time.
As the days grow colder and shorter, it's also time for the annual confusion on when to change our clocks, if we're in a state that observes daylight saving time: When do we do that? Is it forward or back? Daylight saving time ends this year on Sunday, Nov. 6. Officially speaking, clocks should be turned back at 2 a.m., but many people do that before they go to bed Saturday night -- or get up in the morning and find they're an hour early for everything. Spring -- forward. Fall -- back. When in doubt, check your cell phone, which should change automatically. Here are some common questions about daylight saving time and its origins. What is daylight saving time? It's a period of time during the year in which clocks are moved one hour forward. When ...