What Time It Will Get Dark Now That Clocks Have Fallen Back

By DEB BELT (Patch Staff)

Daylight Saving Time ended at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1.

Daylight Saving Time is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from Standard Time during the summer months, and back again in the fall, in order to make better use of natural daylight.

That means sunset will be at 5:06 p.m. on Nov. 1 for most of the East Coast. For Los Angeles: 5 p.m.

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The daylight will dwindle over the next two months as we head into winter.

The shorter days and the end of Daylight Saving Time are associated with the beginning of the SAD (seasonal affected disorder) season, giving people less daylight to enjoy after they got off work. SAD is clinical form of depression that is believed to affect about 5 percent of the U.S. population.

Here’s a bonus for you sticklers for accuracy out there: Though many people refer to the day clocks move back as the end of Daylight Savings Time, it’s technically Daylight Saving Time – not a plural.

The end of Daylight Saving Time is also a good time to change the batteries in smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, and to test the devices to ensure that they are still working properly.

Arizona, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa do not observe Daylight Saving Time.