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    When does time change in 2024?

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    It’s officially spooky season, which means the end of this year’s daylight saving time is in sight.

    This November, millions of Americans will turn back the clock, marking the end of daylight saving time in 2024. The controversial practice of ‘jumping forward’ and ‘falling back’ has been observed in most states for decades.

    Under current daylight saving time, most Americans lose an hour of sleep on the second Sunday in March and gain an hour of sleep on the first Sunday in November.

    Here’s what you need to know about the end of daylight saving time in 2024.

    When does daylight saving time end? When should you change the clock in the fall of 2024?

    Daylight saving time will end in 2024 2 a.m. Sunday, November 3.

    Why do we gain an hour in November?

    In November we gain an hour so that we can catch more daylight in the morning. When we “spring forward” in March, it is to add more daylight in the summer evenings.

    In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox is on September 22, marking the start of the fall season.

    Why do we have daylight saving time?

    In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, standardizing the length of daylight saving time, which runs from March to November.

    Daylight saving time starts every year on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.

    The Department of Transportation says daylight saving time saves energy, prevents traffic accidents and reduces crime. The DOT oversees time zones and uniform observance of daylight saving time as the railroad industry established time standards for the first time.

    Which states have abolished daylight saving time?

    Not all states and U.S. territories participate in daylight saving time.

    Hawaii and Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) do not observe daylight saving time, nor do the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

    Who created daylight saving time?

    Benjamin Franklin is often credited as the first to propose daylight saving time in his 1784 essay, “An Economical Project.” However, the idea was not seriously considered until over a century later when William Willetts, a British builder, strongly advocated it.

    The current daylight saving time format was proposed in New Zealand by entomologist George Hudson.

    In 1895 he recommended a two-hour time change because he wanted more daylight after work to hunt insects in the summer.

    Is Daylight Saving Time Ending in Ohio?

    Ohio’s House State and Local Government Committee passed House Concurrent Resolution 7 in October 2023, calling on Congress to enact the Sunshine Uniformity Act. This law would make daylight saving time permanent and end the biennial tradition of changing the clocks.

    State Reps. Rodney Creech, R-West Alexandria, and Bob Peterson, R-Sabina, sponsored the bill.

    Under this resolution, passed by the Ohio House, switching to permanent daylight saving time would increase the number of hours of sunlight in the evenings during the winter months, which helps combat mental health issues, Creech said.

    However, the bill was not passed by the US House of Representatives and President Joe Biden did not sign it into law.

    Is it summer time or summer time?

    Although it is common to hear “daylight saving time” with an “s,” the correct term is “daylight saving time,” as this practice conserves daylight.

    Emily DeLetter, a trending news reporter for USA Today, contributed to this story.

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