For most Americans, Daylight Saving Time ends this week

Sunday marks the end of daylight saving time for 2024, bringing with it earlier sunrises and sunsets.

While early risers may enjoy waking up to some sunshine, returning to winter time saves an hour of evening daylight. Clocks go back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday.

Before the time change, the sun rises at 7:28 a.m. and sets at 5:50 p.m. on Saturday. On Sunday the sun rises at 6:29 a.m. and sets at 4:49 p.m. By mid-December, New York City will only have nine hours and 15 minutes of daylight, with the sun setting at 4:49 p.m.: 28 p.m

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In Los Angeles, the sun will rise at 7:14 a.m. and set at 5:59 p.m. on Saturday. On Sunday the sun rises at 6:15 a.m. and sets at 4:57 p.m. By mid-December, there will only be nine hours and 53 minutes of daylight in Los Angeles, with the sun setting at 4:45 a.m

One more thing to remember this weekend: Replace the batteries in the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

While the topic of Daylight Saving Time has always been a hot topic, there appears to be growing momentum to end the semi-annual practice of turning the clocks back. Congress has considered various measures in recent years to eliminate the practice of time changes, but those measures have not reached the White House.

Only Arizona and Hawaii do not change their clocks to daylight saving time.

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Governments have introduced daylight saving time as a measure to save energy. While Americans save some energy in the evening with more daylight, research shows that the benefit is offset by increased energy consumption in the morning.

President Richard Nixon instituted year-round daylight saving time in 1974 when America was facing an energy shortage. The law ended in 1975 when Congress established a standard daylight saving time practice, allowing winter mornings to have more daylight, allowing more people to go to work and school during daylight hours.

If you want more daylight, head to the southern hemisphere. Sydney, Australia will have over 13 hours and 30 minutes of daylight per day this weekend, with the sun rising before 6 a.m. and setting around 7:30 p.m