Newton Springs Forward in 2016

NEWTON, MA - Get ready to turn your clocks forward; Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 13 at 2 a.m.

You will have to manually adjust your wall clocks, but most of your electronic devices will automatically make the change while you sleep.

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

With the change it won't be too long before we start seeing 7 p.m. sunsets. In fact, we will see our first one on Sunday, March 13 at 6:49 p.m.

Check out these sunsets we will see after we turn the clocks ahead in Massachusetts:

• March 13 - 6:49 p.m.
• March 20 - 6:57 p.m.
• March 27 - 7:05 p.m.

Fire officials across the state also remind residents to check the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors this weekend.