Sunrise and sunset times this week now that daylight saving time has ended in North Texas
Early Sunday morning North Texas turned clocks back an hour ending daylight saving time.
The time change, which occurs on the second Sunday in March and ends the first Sunday in November, left many wondering what time sunrise and sunsets will occur now that we are no longer on daylight saving time.
So, what times are sunrise and sunset going to be this week in Texas?
Here’s when sunrise and sunsets occur in Dallas-Fort Worth
Monday, Nov. 6 — sunrise, 6:49 a.m.; sunset, 5:32 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 7 — sunrise, 6:50 a.m.; sunset, 5:31 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 8 — sunrise, 6:50 a.m.; sunset, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 9 — sunrise, 6:51 a.m.; sunset, 5:29 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 10 — sunrise, 6:52 a.m.; sunset, 5:29 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 11 — sunrise, 6:53 a.m.; sunset, 5:28 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 12 — sunrise, 6:54 a.m.; sunset, 5:27 p.m.
WHAT IS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?
It’s more than just turning the clock forward and backward.
Daylight saving time is the method of moving the clocks forward one hour from standard time during the summer months and changing it back in the fall, according to the Old Farmers Almanac.
The central idea behind the change is that it gives people more time in the daylight over the spring and summer periods. The opposite is the case after daylight saving time changes, granting people more daylight in the morning over fall and winter.
WHY WAS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STARTED?
We can thank World War I for the origin of the practice. In 1916, Germany decided to implement the first daylight saving time to maximize its usage of resources during sunlit hours.
The United State followed suit two years later in 1918, adopting the seasonal time shift, according to National Geographic.
