What Time Will it Get Dark Now That Clocks Have Fallen Back?

Daylight Saving Time is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from Standard Time during the summer months, and back again in the fall. That means sunset will be around 4:45 p.m. in the Chicago area on Nov. 1. Sunrise will be about an hour earlier — 6:23 a.m. to be precise — and there will be more light in the mornings,

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The daylight will dwindle over the next two months as we head into winter.

The end of Daylight Saving Time is also a good time to change the batteries in smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, and to test the devices to ensure that they are still working properly.

Arizona, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa do not observe Daylight Saving Time.