It's the end of Daylight Saving Time, as the country sets its clocks back an hour to Standard Time at 2 a.m. Sunday.
Originally used during both World Wars, Daylight Saving Time was formally established in the United States with the Uniform Time Act of 1966. In 1986, the Act was amended to begin Daylight Savings Time on the first Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday of October. ``If we did not go on Daylight Saving Time, sunrise in the summer would be at 4:30 in the morning,'' Geoff Chester, the public affairs Officer at the U.S. Naval Observatory said.
Daylight Saving Time is officially monitored by the Department of Transportation.
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