Four days and 15 minutes, that is the amount of time you need to adjust to the new daylight saving time routine happening this weekend, sleep experts say.

Daylight saving time officially comes to an end at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2.

Dr. Ben Long, a sleep habit specialist, recommends starting the shift early.

“You can start today, Wednesday, by adjusting your bedtime by 15 minutes,” he said. “So let’s say you go to sleep at 8. Move that to 8:15, then the next day 8:30, and so on until you’re at an hour … where you will need to be on Sunday morning.”

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The small, incremental changes are designed to reduce the shock to your internal clock. But Long warns that poor planning can have the opposite effect.

“Getting too much sle

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