Why Do we ‘Fall Back' for Day Light Saving Time Every Year?

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Why Do we ‘Fall Back' for Day Light Saving Time Every Year?
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Every year, 60 minutes disappear from the clock in March and reappear months later in November. It’s quite literally clockwork, a bi-yearly ritual coined spring forward and fall back.

Under the conditions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, representing an extension from previous years.

On Feb. 9 ,1942, Franklin Roosevelt instituted a year-round daylight saving time, which he called"war time." This lasted until Sept. 30, 1945. While the measure passed by voice vote in the Senate, it is not known at this time what the legislation’s fate in the House will be.to end the practice of changing times each year, and Rep. Frank Pallone cited a study that suggested 71% of Americans are in favor of ending the time change each year.

Dr. Kathy Sexton-Radek, a consultant for the AASM Public Safety Committee and professor of psychology with a special interest in sleep medicine at Elmhurst College, said the time change can"skew or put off center the normal systems that trigger structures within our mind, within our brain that tell us through hormone cues and brain chemistry when it's time to be awake and when it's time to be asleep.

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