When Does Daylight Saving Time 2016 End?

It's finally here - the weekend when we “fall back” into Standard Time. Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, which means you’ll want to turn your clocks back before you go to bed Saturday night, Nov. 5.

What will you do with your extra hour?

While Daylight Saving Time wasn't adopted in this country until the 20th century, it's hardly a new idea. Several ancient civilizations used water clocks that were adjusted differently throughout the year. In modern times, none other than Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay in 1784, "An Economical Project," suggesting Daylight Saving Time as a way to save candles. The time shift finally happened in the U.S. in 1918 when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law to help the war effort during World War I. Back then, it was called Fast Time. It was scrapped after the war. President Franklin D. Roosevelt brought it back in 1942 at the start of World War II. It's been observed in this country ever since.

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Currently, some 70 countries around the world observe Daylight Saving Time. The farther they are from the equator, the more likely nations are to change their clocks. China, India and Japan are the only major industrialized nations that don't spring forward and fall back.

The U.S. also has some holdouts — Arizona, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa do not observe Daylight Savings Time.

Daylight Saving Time has its haters. Some people have a hard time adjusting their sleep schedules when the time changes. Others point to accident reports by insurance companies that show an uptick in crashes immediately after the time change.

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But those who love Daylight Saving Time wouldn't dream of giving back their extra hour of daylight in the summertime.

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And one more reminder: fire departments all over the golden state are reminding residents to change the batteries in their smoke detectors.

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