Scott MacFarlane contributed to this report. ![]() "The evening rush hour is twice as fatal as the morning for various reasons - far more people are on the road, more alcohol is in drivers' bloodstream, people are hurrying to get home, and more children are enjoying outdoor, unsupervised play." local time, when daylight saving time (sometimes erroneously called daylight savings time) ends for the year. And darkness in the evening is far deadlier than darkness in the morning," University of Washington professor Steve Calandrillo said. The clocks will fall back again on Sunday, Nov. on the last Sunday in April and turn back one hour at 2 a.m. Experts who testified before the subcommittee in a hearing last week urged lawmakers to make the change. Everyone outside of Arizona and Hawaii two states where seasonal time shifts don't occur, and haven't since the 1960s will turn their clocks back by one hour at 2 a.m. It stated that clocks would advance one hour at 2 a.m. An identical version of the bill has been introduced in the House and was referred to a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce last month. The bill passed by the Senate must still be approved by the House and signed by the president to become law. The clocks will go forward an hour at 2am on Sunday, March 13, 2022. Thankfully, there’s a handy phrase to remember to avoid confusion - spring forward, fall back. ![]() Rubio said his bill delays the change until 2023 to accommodate airlines and other industries who set their schedules far in advance. The yearly time change occurs consistently, with the clock moving forward on the last weekend in March, and jumping back one hour in October. The federal government last extended that period by four weeks in 2007. Daylight Saving Time currently begins the second weekend of March and ends the first weekend of November.
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