There’s a slight chill in the morning air, and evening darkness seems to arrive just a little bit sooner every day.

The time change must be around the corner.

Daylight saving time will end Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 a.m. In the past, the event meant manually changing all your clocks back one hour to accommodate the shift but modern technology has mostly done away with that chore. An occasional wall clock, or the one on your oven or microwave, may still need a manual touch.

Daylight saving time began on March 10, 2024 when we moved clocks ahead one hour shifting more daylight into the evening hours. On Nov. 3, we “fall back” and that hour returns to the morning. Under the Uniform Time Act of 1966, daylight saving time begins each year on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The time change is observed in every U.S. state except two – Hawaii and most of Arizona, where all parts of the state except the Navajo Nation make the change.

The twice-a-year moving of the clocks, started to conserve energy during wartime, has grown increasingly unpopular in recent years and as many as 19 states  – including Alabama – have drafted measures to do away with the practice. It will take congressional action, however, to permanently end the practice and, so far, federal lawmakers have been slow to act.

In March 2022, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act to make DST permanent all year. However, as the Farmer’s Almanac explained, federal law allows standard time to be permanent, not DST, so any changes must be approved by the House and then signed by the President. The bill failed in the House in June 2022 and expired in December 2022. It would have to be to be reintroduced to be considered again. Subsequent efforts in the House and Senate have failed to gain any traction.

In other words, don’t expect to quit changing the clocks around anytime soon.