Daylight Saving Time continues to be hour cross to bear .

Well, at least some people feel that way.

On Nov. 2, the majority of the country will turn their clocks back one hour to standard time, prompting it to get dark earlier in the day and reigniting the debate over whether Daylight Saving Time is necessary.

The shift is part of a biannual change, in which clocks go back one hour in fall and ahead one hour in spring, with the intention of getting the maximum use of daylight. However, some studies point to the possibility such a change can adversely affect productivity, safety and health.

A new Stanford University study even found that if we scrapped the current system of changing the clock, “there would be a decrease in the prevalence of both obesity ... and stroke,” although t

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