Sunday marks the end of daylight saving time for 2024, and with it earlier sunrises and sunsets.

While early risers may enjoy waking up to some sunshine, returning to standard time will eliminate an hour of evening light. The clock turns back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday.

Before the time change, the sun rises at 7:28 a.m. on Saturday and sets at 5:50 p.m. On Sunday the sun rises at 6:29 am and sets at 4:49 pm. In mid-December, New York City has only nine hours and 15 minutes of daylight per day, with the sun setting at 4 a.m.: 28 hours

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In Los Angeles, the sun rises at 7:14 a.m. on Saturday and sets at 5:59 p.m. On Sunday the sun rises at 6:15 am and sets at 4:57 pm. In mid-December, Los Angeles has only nine hours and 53 minutes of daylight per day, with the sun setting at 4:45 p.m. p.m

Another thing not to think about this weekend: replace the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

While the topic of daylight saving time has always been a hot topic, it appears that there is increasing momentum to end the biannual practice of resetting the clocks. Congress has considered several measures in recent years to eliminate the practice of changing the clock, but those measures have not reached the White House.

Only Arizona and Hawaii do not set their clocks to daylight saving time.

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Governments have introduced daylight saving time as a measure to save energy. While Americans save some energy in the evening with more daylight, research has shown that the benefit is offset by increased energy consumption in the morning.

President Richard Nixon instituted year-round daylight saving time in 1974, when America was hit by an energy shortage. The law ended in 1975 when Congress established a standard practice for daylight saving time, which allowed for more daylight on winter mornings so that more people could go to work and school in daylight.

If you’re looking for more daylight, head to the Southern Hemisphere. Sydney, Australia, will have more than 13 hours and 30 minutes of daylight per day this weekend, with the sun rising before 6 a.m. and setting around 7:30 p.m.