Daylight Saving Time Starts: What Time Will The Sun Set In Aurora

AURORA, IL — Clocks "spring forward" Sunday for the beginning of daylight saving time, and that means an extra hour of sunshine at the end of the day for the next nine months. The sun will set at 6:56 o'clock Sunday evening in Aurora.

Why not get out there and enjoy it? Here are five things to do around town before the sun goes down:

• Enjoy Aurora's first St. Patrick's Day parade, stepping off at noon Sunday
• Take a bike ride at one of the trails in town
• Go for a sunrise or sunset walk with (or without) the pup
• Organize a clean-up session of the Fox River
• Shop in downtown Aurora, stopping for lunch at one of the many restaurants

Although the switch to daylight saving time is often associated with the beginning of spring, the vernal equinox doesn't occur until Monday, March 20.

Unless Congress changes things, daylight saving time will last from 2 a.m. Sunday, March 12, until 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 in 2023. Only two states — Hawaii and most of Arizona — have opted out of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which mandated daylight saving time.

The Time Act could be changed to allow for year-round daylight saving time, as legislation passed in the Senate last year provides. Or it could eliminate it altogether in favor of year-round standard time, as some representatives in the House have suggested. The Sunshine Protection Act hasn’t budged since the Senate passed it, though.