Every year, a good portion of the country forgets the date of daylight savings time. Despite the fact that doing so will only make you early for work or school by an hour, who wants to arrive an hour early when you could be sleeping in? Daylight savings time, this year falls at 2AM on Sunday, November 7th. This means that your clocks should “fall back” before you retire for the night on Saturday the 6th, or if you are out celebrating the fact that you now have an extra hour of sleep, you gain an hour while out and about.

Daylight savings time began in many areas in 1895, after being proposed by George Vernon Hudson. Many countries, as well as most of the United States have used the clock management system ever since. 48 of the 50 states in the US participate in daylight savings time. The only two states which don’t, are Hawaii and Arizona, who once did. A good portion of the developed world also participates. Most of Europe, and north America do, and small sections of Asia, South American, Africa, and Australia participate.