When do clocks fall back in 2020? When is Daylight Saving Time over this year? Daylight Savings Time explaine - NJ.com

Daylight Saving Time ends in 2020 at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, marking the time when clocks “fall back” and we gain an extra hour of sleep.

Daylight Saving Time, often incorrectly referred to in the plural as Daylight Savings Time, started in 2020 on Sunday, March 8.

When the clocks are turned back an hour on Nov. 1, sunset in Trenton will be at 4:55 p.m. and gradually get earlier until the Winter Solstice on Monday, Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year. Sunrise on Nov. 1 will be at 6:29 a.m. in New Jersey, though those times are slightly different depending on your location in the state with those in South Jersey getting a few more minutes of daylight.

Here’s everything you need to know about Daylight Saving Time 2020 before the time change on Sunday. Nov. 1:

Why do we have Daylight Saving Time?

While daylight saving time has been around since World War I, the United States didn’t formalize it until the Uniform Time Act in 1966. Daylight Saving Time starts the second Sunday in March and concludes the first Sunday in November.

The concept is intended to make better use of the day’s light by moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.

Daylight Saving Time ends in 2020 on Sunday, Nov. 1, marking the day clocks 'fall back' one hour.file

What is Daylight Saving Time?

Daylight Saving Time is the concept of making better use of the day’s light by moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.

What is the purpose of Daylight Saving Time?

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the time change saves energy along with lowering crime and traffic accidents. Various studies, however, have disputed those benefits over the years.

What time do we turn back the clocks?

Clocks officially “fall back” at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November to 1 a.m.

When does Daylight Saving Time start and end in 2021?

Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday, March 14, 2021 and will end on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.

What is the history of Daylight Saving Time?

The concept dates back more than a century when English architect William Willett proposed the idea to change the clocks in 1907 in The Waste of Daylight. The suggestion of using daylight more efficiently can be traced to Benjamin Franklin. While visiting in Paris in 1784, he wrote a letter to the editors of the Journal of Paris calling for a tax on every Parisian whose windows were shuttered after sunrise to “encourage the economy of using sunshine instead of candles,” according to Michael Downing, author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time.

What states don’t observe Daylight Saving Time?

Hawaii and most of Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The time change is also not observed in U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Several states have taken steps to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, while others want to get rid of the time change. Those changes, however, require federal approval.

About 70 countries observe Daylight Saving Time. Most of North America, Europe and parts of South America and New Zealand adhere to it, while China, Japan, India and most countries do not, according to WashingtonPost.com.

It starts on different dates elsewhere. In Australia for example, Daylight Saving Time started Oct. 4.

Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JGoldmanNJ. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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