When will daylight saving time start in 2023? When to spring clocks forward this year
Daylight saving time will start soon, so it's time to prepare too spring forward in the Bluegrass State.
March 12 marks the first day of daylight saving time for 2023 – and the day when Kentuckians should move their clocks up by an hour from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. It'll be good news for those who love long summer days, as sunrise and sunset will be around an hour later on that day and there'll be more light in the evenings.
Kentucky, which includes portions that observe Eastern Time and Central Time, introduced daylight saving time in 1918 as part of a national push to conserve electricity during World War I and the tradition has stuck since then. Daylight saving time lasts several months into the summer and ends in the fall.
Here's what to know about when to turn your clocks back this year.
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When will daylight saving time end?
Daylight saving time starts in mid-March but will end on Nov. 5, when Kentuckians turn their clocks back an hour. We'll turn our clocks backward from 2 a.m. to make it 1 a.m. that morning to catch up with the time change.
Who observes daylight saving time?
Not every state or nation in the U.S. observes daylight saving time. The state of Arizona doesn't adjust its clocks and observes standard time year round, although the Navajo Nation does participate in the time change. Hawaii also keeps its own time, Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, and the sun rises and sets around the same time throughout the year due to its proximity to the equator.
Are we getting rid of daylight saving time?
In March 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act, making "daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time," according to the bill. If the act gets passed to become law, it would go into effect on Nov. 5, 2023. Action on the bill has not happened since March 2022.
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Contact reporter Rae Johnson at RNJohnson@gannett.com. Follow them on Twitter at @RaeJ_33.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: When will daylight saving time end in 2023? When to push clocks back
