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Don't Forget To Fall Back This Weekend

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Oct 30, 2009 7:00PM

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Via Wikipedia; Thanks, Shannon!

Before you start downing candy corn and head out to all your Halloween destinations this weekend, remember that Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. this Sunday, the beloved "fall back" where we gain back an hour (of sleeping off hangovers). Throughout its history, it's faced opposition, as detailed below.

Back in 2007, the time change was shifted to earlier in March and ending later, this year in November.