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Show Set clocks back Sunday morning Daylight savings time ends Sunday, when most Americans get back the hour they lost last spring. The official time change will come at 2 a.m. local time Oct. 28. Clocks should be moved back an hour to 1 a.m. "Spring forward-fall back," is the handy phrase most people try to remember for changing the clock on the last Sunday of April and the last Sunday of October. The fall time change will give early risers a little more daylight, at least for . a while. But daytime workers who enjoy the late afternoon sun when they get home will find darkness falling an hour earlier. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 put the United States on its present course of six months of daylight time and six months of standard time. Under the act, states have the option of passing laws to remain on standard time. Arizona, Hawaii and Michigan have all voted to do so and their residents will leave their clocks alone next Sunday. Saving energy has always been one of the main goals of daylight saving time, and Benjamin Franklin was one of its first advocates. When he was U.S. minister to France, Franklin wrote an article recommending earlier openings and closing of stores to save the cost of lighting. |