(NEXSTAR) — If you're reading this outside of two specific states, the digital clocks in your home have likely fallen back an hour (though maybe you didn't even notice). Daylight saving time officially came to an end at 2 a.m., kickstarting our multimonth observance of standard time.

The U.S. has long maintained a contentious relationship with the biannual practice of changing the clocks, but despite the efforts of state and federal lawmakers this year, we're back at it again.

Since the second Sunday of March, we've been enjoying daylight saving time and its later sunrises and sunsets, potentially to the detriment of our health. For the next roughly four months, we will experience standard time and its earlier sunrises and sunsets.

However, many of those aforementioned legal efforts tar

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