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When does the time change in 2020? Here's when we 'fall back' for daylight saving time WILMINGTON, Del. –   Daylight saving time is almost over,   so get ready to "fall back." The official time for people to turn the clocks back an hour is at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, meaning the time will go back to 1 a.m. You might get an "extra" hour of sleep that day, but it will also begin to get darker earlier in the day. The amount of daylight will shorten each day until the winter solstice on Dec. 21. Daylight saving time begins again March 14, when clocks "spring forward." Here are a few more things to know as the time change approaches. Halloween: CDC recommends avoiding trick-or-treating Why do we switch to daylight saving time? The main reason is to make better use of daylight during the spring and summer months, so there is an extra hour of sunlight in the evening instead of the morning. After numerous changes to the dates, the Energy Policy Act of...

  JUST LIKE CLOCKWORK  When did the clocks first go back? BRITS were treated to an extra hour in bed as the clocks went back at 2am on Sunday morning. The end of British Summer Time marks the return of shorter days as the country edges towards winter but when did the clocks first go back? Here's all you need to know. 1 The clocks going back marks the end of British Summer Time Credit: AFP or licensors When did the clocks first go back? The first record of daylight saving time came from builder  William Willett,  who was “incensed at the ‘waste’ of useful daylight during the summer, according to historians. Mr Willett said: “Though the sun had been up for hours as he rode his horse through Chislehurst and Petts Wood, people were still asleep in bed”. He proposed changing the clocks in the pamphlet The Waste of Daylight Saving which was published in 1907. The  first change  to the clocks came in 1916 - one year after Mr Willet died. The clocks revert back an ...