Californians Gain One Hour of Sleep as Daylight Saving Time Ends

Dave LeMote wipes down a post clock at Electric Time Company, Inc. in Medfield, Mass., on March 7, 2014. Most Americans will set their clocks 60 minutes forward before heading to bed Saturday night, but daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. Elise Amendola/AP Photo

Despite a majority of California voters’ approval in 2018 to end setting their clocks twice a year, the daylight saving time change returns this Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 a.m. when clocks “fall back” to standard time across the United States.

Daylight savings is the practice of setting clocks an hour ahead to take advantage of the natural extension of daylight hours during the summer. This usually happens in March and lasts until November when the clocks are set back again by an hour.