The time has come again to “fall back,” with daylight saving time ending Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 a.m.

That means we’ll all be turning our clocks back by one hour, gaining a bit of extra sleep.

How did daylight saving time come to be?

Daylight saving time is an idea that many trace back to Benjamin Franklin, who jokingly suggested that Parisians might save some money on candles if they woke up earlier, rather than sleeping until noon.

But others say the modern idea of it sprang from George Hudson, an entomologist from New Zealand who, in 1895, conceptualized a two-hour time shift to give him more time to hunt bugs. British builder William Willett would later propose moving clocks forward in mid-spring through summer to have more daylight hours for outdoor activities.

Germany became the fi

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