As days grow cooler and nights grow longer, many Americans are preparing to participate in the near-century long tradition of turning their clocks back .

On Sunday, Nov. 2, participants will turn their clocks back from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. — marking the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) and the beginning of Standard Time (ST).

At this time, sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier than it was during DST, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac .

Read more: Trump wants to end Daylight Saving Time: What it could mean for Mass.

“The general idea is that this allows us all to use natural daylight better: moving the clocks forward 1 hour in the spring grants us more daylight during summer evenings, while moving clocks back 1 hour in the fall grants us more daylight during winte

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