(Nexstar) – It’s almost autumn. This means that as daylight saving time ends, the majority of the US will turn their clock back to an hour. You can only sleep on one day on November 2nd, but otherwise you can see the sun set a few weeks earlier.
The approaching six-month changes also encourage lively conversations about “locking the clock” and placing the country in a lasting year-round time.
There is debate on both sides of the clock, focusing primarily on whether “extra” time occurs in the morning or night.
Either value or drawback may vary depending on where you live.
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Arizona, for example, is one of two states that observe standard times throughout the year, an option offered by Congress. By not jumping an hour before spring, most of the states (the Navajo nation does not follow permanent standard times) are watching early sunsets that can provide a faster grace from hot summer days.
This month, in Phoenix, where temperatures were in the 100s and 110s, the sun sets before 7:30pm local time. Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, where temperatures were roughly the same, the sun is approaching 8pm local time.
With early Arizona sunsets, residents can leave and run in cool mornings, evenings and evenings.
However, in states where winters are colder than Arizona and Nevada, extra hours of sunlight that day are welcomed during the summer. In Wisconsin, for example, if the state observes standard annual times like Arizona, the sun sets well before 8pm, sometimes before 7pm. That means less time after work to enjoy short-lived summer temperatures.
The table below shows how sunrise and sunset times look when observing permanent standard times in the summer.
States like Wisconsin may not necessarily be fans of daylight savings time all year round.
For most of us, Winters now features previous sunrises and sunsets. Permanent daylight saving time means the following sunrise and sunset.
It might be fun if you don’t like the sun set before 5pm, but like in Wisconsin, sunrise never rose until 9am after 8am in Michigan.
You can see how some of these winter sunrise and sunset times look like in the table below, and without saving summer time forever.
Dark mornings that cited concerns about the safety of car accidents and children trying to get on buses or walk to school made a sour, sour contribution during the permanent daylight savings of the 1970s. Health experts also agree that exposure to morning sunlight is healthier than later sundowns.
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Federal efforts to make the country permanent daylight savings time are still underway, and several states are proposing laws that do the same. While states can choose permanent standard times, Congress has a bill that will allow clocks to be locked in permanent daylight savings time.
For now, the watch is set to “fallback” on November 2nd.
