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Daylight Saving Time 2016: Turn Your Clock Back Before You Go to Bed Tonight!

Daylight Saving Time 2016 "Fall Back" happens at 2 a.m. Nov. 6. Don't forget to turn your clocks back before you go to bed tonight!

WISCONSIN -- The end of Daylight Saving Time is coming up, and here's your reminder to set those clocks back one hour.

Do this:
Before you go to bed on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 5, turn your clocks back one hour.

Why:
When local time is about to reach 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, Daylight Saving Time expires, and it becomes 1 a.m.

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As a result:
You get an extra hour of sleep. But sunrise and sunset will be about one hour earlier on Nov. 6.

When does the sun set?

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Nighttime comes an hour earlier after the end of daylight saving time.

As a result, you go from this:
Sunset on Nov. 5*

  • Eastern Time: 5:47 PM (New York)
  • Central Time: 5:38 PM (Milwaukee)
  • Mountain Time: 5:53 PM (Denver)
  • Pacific Time: 6:06 PM (San Francisco)

...to this
Sunset on Nov. 6*

  • Eastern Time: 4:46 PM (New York)
  • Central Time: 4:37 PM (Milwaukee)
  • Mountain Time: 4:52 PM (Denver)
  • Pacific Time: 5:05 PM (San Francisco)

* The exact time of sunset in your area may vary
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