MACON, Ga. — It's that time of year again — it's time to readjust your clocks as Daylight Saving Time ends.
On Sunday at 2 a.m., clocks are scheduled to fall back. But what does that mean?
Do you lose an hour of sleep or gain an hour of sleep?
When your clocks fall back, you are moving your clock's hand from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m.
That means when you fall asleep on Saturday night, you will gain an hour of sleep when you wake up Sunday morning.
In other words, when 9 a.m. comes as Daylight Saving Time ends, you would be waking up during what would have been 10 a.m. before the clocks fell back.
When will we lose an hour of sleep?
Unfortunatley, the extra hour won't last forever.
In exchange for the extra hour of sleep, Daylight Saving Time also means we lose an hour of sleep when Daylight Saving Time begins and our clocks spring forward.
So instead of moving the hands of your clock backwards, you move the hands from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.
That will happen in March 2025 and, with it, what would be 8 a.m. before springing froward would instead be 9 a.m.
What is Daylight Saving Time?
Daylight Saving Time in Georgia was codified by the Uniform Time Act of 1966. It crated a nationwide system of Daylight Saving Time.
The goal is to increase the number of sunlight hours people can enjoy. The downside, however, is it causes us to lose an hour of sleep every year, which comes with some ramifications for your health.
While a law was passed by Georgia General Assembly in 2021 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, the law required the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to be repealed. Because it hasn't, Georgian still changes their clocks back and forth.
