Daylight Saving Time Ends this Sunday

Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 -- 11:01 AM

(Heather Poltrock, WSAW) Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, meaning you’ll gain an hour of sleep, but lose an hour of daylight in the evening.

According to Heather Poltrock with WSAW, it could be a little difficult to adjust to the time change. Don’t worry, we have some tips to make the change a little easier. Experts say keeping a regular bedtime is key. To help adjust, go to bed one hour earlier and get up a half hour later.

This will help your body wake up with natural sunlight and go to bed when it’s dark. Clocks turn back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov 2. Despite talks at the Federal level to end Daylight Saving Time, the bills are stuck in committees and haven’t advanced.

The last notable effort in Wisconsin to do away with the practice was in 2017. However, the two legislators behind the proposal walked it back after receiving backlash from even their own family members.

According to CBS News, the origins of daylight saving time have been attributed to various people and reasons. Fingers are often pointed at farmers as the originators of the practice so they could have more daylight.

Still, farmers didn’t necessarily support the time change when it was adopted in the early 20th century. Some have said Benjamin Franklin started the practice back in 1784 when he wrote a satirical essay for the Journal de Paris proposing regulations to ensure early risers.

But clocks started to roll back in 1916, when Germany became the first country to observe daylight saving time to conserve fuel, according to the Congressional Research Service. Other European countries followed suit, and in 1918, the U.S. started using daylight saving time.

The following year, in 1919, Congress repealed daylight saving time over the veto of then-President Woodrow Wilson. States were given the option to continue the practice. During World War II the entire country started to observe daylight saving time year-round.

In 1966, the Uniform Time Act established the system Americans use today, with the clocks falling back in November, and springing forward in March. The practice of Daylight Saving Time occurs in every state except for Hawaii and Arizona.

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