Clocks Fall Back Sunday: An Extra Hour, and Earlier Sunsets

Saturday night is the night to set the clocks back. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, when clocks turn back one hour to standard time. The practical result is an extra hour of sleep on Sunday — and noticeably earlier sunsets from then on.

Most phones, computers, and cable boxes adjust themselves. The clocks worth checking by hand are the ones on the wall, the microwave, the oven, and the car dashboard. It is also the traditional moment to check smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries.

The shift shows up in the weekend weather forecast itself: the National Weather Service forecast for Brookfield switches from daylight time to Eastern Standard Time on Sunday, with Sunday's daytime period running on the new clock. Sunday stays mostly sunny with a high near 61, after morning frost, so the extra hour comes with a pleasant day to enjoy it — just one that ends earlier, with sunset arriving an hour sooner by the clock.

The change does not alter any of the weekend's posted hours. Early voting still runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday at Town Hall, and the last day of early voting still ends at 6 p.m. — those hours are simply read on the new standard-time clock. And for Monday morning commuters, the trade is a brighter morning drive in exchange for a darker trip home.

Daylight saving time returns on Sunday, March 14, 2027, when clocks spring forward again.