Get ready to go back in time next week-end

It's time to go back in time this weekend.

Summer time ends on Sunday, November 4 – when the clock strikes at 2 am, we "fall back" from one to one in the morning.

For the morning people, this means that there will be an extra hour of sunshine in the morning. However, it also means that your evening commute may be in the dark.

Americans, with the exception of those in Arizona, Hawaii and some territories, participate in this practice, which aims to reduce electricity consumption by extending hours of daylight .

Despite the fact that they are practiced by many, lawmakers in several states are increasingly trying to avoid the change of time, saying that it is useless.

Summer time is twice a year. We change the time from one hour in the spring and one hour in the fall.

Below you will find quick information about the bi-annual time change:

• Sunday, November 4, 2018 – Summer time ends at 2 o'clock in the morning. Set the clocks back one hour.
• Sunday, March 10, 2019 – Summer time starts at 2 in the morning. Set the clocks in advance of one hour.
• It is "summer time" (singular), not "summer time" (plural).
• Starting in 2007, summer starts in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
• Chronology: 1784 – The idea of ​​moving to daylight saving time is designed by Benjamin Franklin.
• 1914-1918 – Great Britain uses DLS during the First World War.
• March 19, 1918 – The time law sets time zones and daylight saving time. Summer time is repealed in 1919, but continues to be recognized in some parts of the United States.
• [1945-1966-[1945-1966-There is no federal law regarding the summer time.
• 1966 – The uniform Time Act of 196 establishes the uniform summer time system throughout the United States. The dates range from the last Sunday of April to the last Sunday of October. States can dispense with participation.
• 1974-1975 – Congress is expanding the DLS to save energy during the energy crisis.
• 1986-2006 – Summer time starts on the first Sunday of April and ends on the last Sunday of October.
• August 8, 2005 – President George W. Bush enacted the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Part of the Act will extend summer time from 2007, from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday of November.
• 2007 – Under the new laws, all of Indiana is now seeing Daylight Saving Time, unlike some areas of the state before.
• Exceptions in the United States: In the United States, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not follow DLS.
• The American territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa do not observe the DLS either.
• Which countries are following the summer time? About 70 countries around the world observe DLS.
• Many countries close to the equator do not set their clocks on early hour.
• Neither China nor Japan observe the DLS.
• Some countries refer to "summer time" as "summer time".