On Nov. 5, most Americans will turn their clocks backward by one hour as the country begins its controversial annual fall shift.
At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks in most of North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand will fall back an hour until the the return of daylight saving time March 10, 2024.
The impact of shifting more sunlight earlier into the evening on public health and safety has been the subject of debate in recent years in light of efforts in Congress to make daylight saving permanent, but why do we change our clocks forward or backyard in the first place? And how was daylight saving discussed when it was enacted more than a century ago?
First daylight savings time
Daylight saving time was a byproduct of the First World War and an effort by the United States to follow the lead of several European countries who had adopted the measure to save on fuel costs during the war by adding an extra hour of sunlight to the day, according to the Library of Congress.
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