OAKLAND, California. – Like clockwork, with the season of pumpkin spice, fall leaves and cooler temperatures comes the annual practice of turning back the clock.

Set your schedules and prepare for earlier nightfall. Daylight Savings Time (DST) 2024 will end in less than three weeks, with standard time taking effect on Sunday, November 3 at 2 a.m.

For many, the event offers the chance to sleep in an extra hour.

But those who hate this practice find it a shock to their schedules and their internal clock.

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As we prepare to “fall back,” some may wonder what happened to the implementation of Proposition 7, a state ballot measure approved by voters nearly six years ago that allowed the California Legislature to declare Daylight Saving Time could change by entering it throughout the year. or get rid of it.

According to Prop. 7, the change can only take place if it is authorized by the federal government and also approved by the state legislature with a two-thirds majority.

Without state and federal approval, which has not happened, California will continue to implement the current daylight saving time structure.

The U.S. Department of Transportation, which is responsible for managing the country’s time zones, monitors compliance with daylight saving time.

Nearly all states, except Hawaii and most of Arizona, follow this practice.

For those enjoying the longer daylight, it won’t be until March 9, 2025 that daylight saving time returns.