With a crispness in the morning air and evening darkness arriving a bit earlier each day, it's clear that the time change is approaching.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) will end on Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 2 a.m. Traditionally, this meant manually adjusting all your clocks to fall back one hour, but modern technology has mostly eliminated this task. You might still need to manually reset a few stubborn devices like wall clocks or microwaves.
DST began this year on March 10, when we moved our clocks forward one hour, shifting daylight into the evening. On November 3, we'll "fall back," returning that hour to the morning. According to the Uniform Time Act of 1966, DST starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The practice is observed in every U.S. state except Hawaii and most of Arizona, where only the Navajo Nation follows the time change.
While DST was originally introduced to conserve energy during wartime, it has grown increasingly unpopular. Up to 19 states, including Alabama, have proposed measures to eliminate DST. However, ending the practice would require federal action, and Congress has been slow to act on this issue.
In March 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which aimed to make DST permanent throughout the year. Despite this, federal law allows only standard time to be permanent, not DST. For such a change to happen, the bill would need approval from both the House and the President. The proposed legislation failed in the House in June 2022 and expired in December of that year. Efforts to reintroduce or advance similar bills have yet to gain significant momentum.
So, if you're hoping to ditch the clock changes altogether, it looks like we’ll be adjusting our timepieces for the foreseeable future.
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