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Daylight Saving Time Ends

Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at 2 a.m. This means we “fall back,” turning our clocks back one hour and use EST and CST to denote the time zone for meetings and events. Below are a few fun facts about the twice-yearly time change:

• It is “Daylight Saving Time” (singular), not “Daylight Savings Time” (plural). The technical explanation is that the word “saving” is singular because it acts as part of an adjective rather than a verb.
• The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the system of uniform Daylight Saving Time throughout the United States, allowing states to exempt themselves from participation.
• In 2005, Indiana passed a law agreeing to observe daylight saving time.
• The idea of daylight saving is first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784—and he was half-joking when he suggested it.
• On March 19, 1918, the Standard Time Act established time zones and daylight saving. Daylight saving is repealed in 1919, but continues to be recognized in certain areas of the United States.
• Daylight Saving Time did not come up again until after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the United States was once again at war.
• In 1974, Congress extends Daylight Saving Time in order to save energy during the energy crisis.
• Approximately 70 countries around the world observe Daylight Saving Time.
• Some countries refer to “Daylight Saving Time” in the fall as “Fall Back” and “Winter Time.”
• Daylight Saving Time happens at different times in different countries.
• Neither China nor Japan observes Daylight Saving Time.
• Arizona and Hawaii are the only U.S. states that do not observe Daylight Saving Time.
• All U.S. insular territories with civilian government (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) lie in the tropics and do not observe Daylight Saving Time.