Martha's Vineyard Residents: Don't Forget to Turn Your Clocks Back

By Marc Torrence (Patch Staff)

It is almost time to “fall back” into Standard Time.

Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sun., Nov. 1, which means you’ll want to turn your clocks back before you go to bed Saturday night, Oct. 31.

Daylight Saving Time 2015 is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from Standard Time during the summer months, and back again in the fall, in order to make better use of natural daylight.

The good news for the early risers is that sunrise will be about an hour earlier and there will be more light in the mornings, but it also means sunset will be at 4:53 p.m.

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

What will you do with your extra hour?

It is a good time to change smoke detector batteries and check to make sure device are in working order, according to fire officials.

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