CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Daylight saving time ends this Sunday, Nov. 2, which means we'll gain an hour of sleep as clocks "fall back" one hour.

But with it getting darker earlier at night, many people are wondering how this impacts our natural sleep patterns and whether all states are still required to follow it.

OUR SOURCES:

The National Conference of State Legislatures

The Uniform Time Act of 1966

Dr. Alicia Roth, sleep psychologist with the Cleveland Clinic

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine

THE QUESTION:

Can states opt out of daylight saving time?

WHAT WE FOUND:

Since the Uniform Act of 1966 was passed, we have been falling back or springing forward for daylight saving time. Although some states have made a push to make daylight saving time permanent, both North Carolina and Sou

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