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The leaves are falling, and the days are growing shorter. That means one thing as we head into November : It’s almost time for Daylight Saving Time to end for the year. We will all set our clocks back one hour before going to bed on November 2 (or in the morning the next day) and “gain” an hour of sleep that night (woo-hoo!). Through the rest of fall and winter, we will have extra light for navigating to school and work in the morning, but there’s a tradeoff—it’ll get dark an hour earlier too.

So, why do we do this whole time shift, anyway? It turns out it’s way more complicated than you may think. Here’s what you need to know about “falling back” in November and “springing forward” next spring.

Daylight Saving Time ends for the year on Sunday, November

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