On Sunday morning this week, something wonderful happened. When the clock struck two, it actually struck one. In other words, daylight savings time ended for the year in the United States. This means that Americans all over the country paused to change the time on their clocks one hour back. One way to look at this situation is that everyone was potentially able to get an additional hour of sleep. The origin of this act of “winding back time” was instituted during World War I in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight. Unfortunately, daylight savings time will begin again during late winter and we will technically “lose an hour” when we set the clocks sixty minutes ahead. But for now, enjoy the extra hour of daylight!
By: Brittany Booth
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