Daylight saving time ends for now in Wyoming

Short, dark, cold winter days are just around the corner. In less than two weeks, the time change that most people hate will take place: it will fall back and daylight saving time will end.

At 2 a.m. on November 3rd, the clocks will go back and the days will start to get shorter.

Why does time change?

Many say Benjamin Franklin invented daylight saving time in 1784, based on the theory that more daylight would encourage people to get up earlier, use fewer candles and save money.

Daylight saving time was officially introduced during World War I as part of a global effort to save energy. The time change was abolished after the war and was not used again until the Second World War. From 1945 to 1966, there was no federal daylight saving time law, but many states east of the Mississippi adopted it. It wasn’t until 1967 that the change between standard and summer time began across the country.

There have been some changes to the system over the years, but everyone now largely agrees on how to use it.

Not everyone is a fan of the change, and Wyoming is one of nineteen states that want to lock the clock, end the twice-yearly change and stick with daylight saving time year-round.

Currently, states can choose not to change the time, but they must permanently stick to standard time rather than daylight saving time. Choosing to follow standard time means there is less light in the evenings during the summer, and this makes sense in states with high afternoon temperatures like Arizona.

Dr. David Prerau says it’s only a matter of time before the time change stops.

Modern society operates 24/7 when it comes to computers, communications, commerce and travel. The bi-annual time change has now become overly confusing and expensive. Daylight saving time costs both money and lives without any objective benefit. Citizens across the U.S. are increasingly calling on lawmakers to abandon the switch.

The doctor also says that daylight saving time has benefits that many people don’t think about.

When people think of Daylight Saving Time, they often think of the negative impact of losing an hour of sleep one day a year when we set the clocks to Daylight Saving Time. What they don’t think about is that this gives us 238 days in spring, summer and fall with all the benefits of brighter evenings and 118 days in winter without the very late sunrises.

Since the Sunshine Protection Act has not yet taken effect, you need to prepare for the upcoming time change on November 3rd.