Daylight saving time ends next weekend. Here’s how to prepare for the potential health effects
The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It’ll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the U.S. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time next Sunday, Nov. 3, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed. Standard time will last until March 9 when we will again “spring forward” with the return of daylight saving time.
Enjoy that extra hour of weekend sleep. But daylight saving is a national debate, and changes can impact health, docs say.
Daylight saving time will end in the early hours of Nov. 3, bringing on the darkness earlier. But as we all get an extra hour’s sleep — or partying time — on Saturday, we can rest assured that the afternoon dark is likely the only negative to Eastern Standard Time. It’s springing forward that’s the problem, according to sleep doctors. “The bigger problem is usually when we go back in the ...
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