Daylight Saving Time Starts: When Will Sun Set Sunday In Metro Atlanta

METRO ATLANTA — Clocks “spring forward” Sunday for the beginning of daylight saving time, and that means an extra hour of sunshine at the end of the day for the next nine months. The sun will set at 7:05 p.m. Sunday evening in metro Atlanta.

Why not get out there and enjoy it? Here are five things to do around town before the sun goes down:

• Go golfing at the Stone Mountain Golf Club or the Echelon Golf Club
• Take a bike ride or walk at the Atlanta BeltLine trails
• Hike the Appalachian Trail
• Clean up Atlanta neighborhoods with local organizations such as Keep Georgia Beautiful
• Join your local gardening club

Keep in mind that sunrise will be an hour later than you’re accustomed to with the beginning of daylight saving time. Sunrise Monday is at 7:24 a.m. local time.

Although the switch to daylight saving time is often associated with the beginning of spring, the vernal equinox doesn't occur until Tuesday, March 19.

This year, daylight saving time will last from 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, until 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3. Only two states — Hawaii and most of Arizona — have opted out of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which mandated daylight saving time.

The Time Act could be changed to allow for year-round daylight saving time, as legislation passed in the Senate last year provides. Or it could eliminate it altogether in favor of year-round standard time, as some representatives in the House have suggested. The Sunshine Protection Act hasn’t budged since the Senate passed it through in early 2022.

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