CHICAGO — Turn back your clocks one hour before going to bed Saturday as the summertime daylight saving time ends.
The change, effective Sunday, Nov. 1 at 2 a.m., will give Chicago an extra hour of sleep (and perhaps mornings that aren't quite as dark.)
History.com has compiled "8 things you may not know about daylight saving time." Among them: Ben Franklin did not invent it and farmers were against it when the U.S. implemented it as an energy-saving wartime measure in 1918.
A 2013 National Geographic story made a case against changing clocks twice a year, concluding Daylight Saving Time doesn't save energy or money. Tufts University professor Michael Downing, author of "Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving," said, "It just generates confusion and confusion generates bad will." Another professor said it creates "social jet lag."
Great news! One hour of extra #sleep this Sunday. #DaylightSavings Time ends this weekend.
— Sula Kim (@SulaKimK5) October 27, 2015Happy #DaylightSavings pic.twitter.com/WVDP0fO78Q
— Leighhrmn (@LeighHmm) October 25, 2015In college #daylightsavings meant another hour of partying Now it's another hour of looking into the bathroom mirror saying 'I can do this'
— Leo Shvedsky (@loggface) October 14, 2015Start adjusting your baby's sleep schedule now —> https://t.co/w8ZcNZE2Hc @GNSleepSite #DaylightSavings pic.twitter.com/tfqlXjJLmN
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