With autumn settling in, many have noticed the sun setting earlier, making our days seem shorter. This prompts the question: When does Daylight Saving Time end? <\/p>\n
Daylight Saving Time will officially end on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 a.m. Clocks will \u201cfall back\u201d one hour to 1 a.m., giving everyone an extra hour of sleep.<\/p>\n
This biannual clock change tradition, known as \u201cfalling back\u201d in November and \u201cspringing forward\u201d in March, has been part of American life since the 1900s.<\/p>\n
Many credit Benjamin Franklin for developing the idea of Daylight Saving Time in his 1784 satirical essay, titled \u201cAn Economical Project,\u2018\u2019 proposing that it would save energy and make better use of daylight.<\/p>\n
But it wasn\u2019t until 1966 that the system of uniform Daylight Saving Time throughout the United States was established.<\/p>\n
While some welcome the extra hour of rest, the time change can disrupt the body\u2019s natural day-to-night rhythms. <\/p>\n
A study by Stanford Medicine scientists, <\/a>published in September 2025, suggested that the health effects go far beyond feeling tired the next morning. <\/p>\n The researchers, Dr. Jamie Zeitzer and graduate student Lara Wee, examined how three different time policies: permanent standard time, permanent daylight saving time, and biannual shifting affect our circadian rhythms \u2014 the body\u2019s 24-hour clock that regulates our sleep-wake patterns, hormone release, and alertness.<\/p>\n They found that the biannual clock change is the worst option, as \u201cchanging clocks twice a year disrupts circadian rhythms, leading to higher rates of stroke and obesity.\u201d <\/p>\n According to Stanford Medicine<\/a>, permanent standard time would be healthiest for most, helping prevent an estimated 300,000 strokes and 2.6 million cases of obesity yearly. Permanent Daylight Saving Time would help too, but not as much.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With autumn settling in, many have noticed the sun setting earlier, making our days seem shorter. This prompts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-9282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}