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Fact Check Team: Why was Daylight Saving Time really created?
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Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends on Sunday, November 5 at 2 a.m. For many, that means changing your clocks back and “gaining” an extra hour of sleep.

This weekend brings the end of Daylight Saving Time. We'll be turning the clocks back one hour at 2AM Sunday as we return to Standard Time. Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 5 at 2 a.m. For many, that means changing your clocks back and “gaining” an extra hour of sleep.

There’s a common belief that the practice of moving clocks forward an hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall started so farmers would have more time to finish up work in the field, but that isn’t the case.because it caused them to lose an extra hour of light in the morning, meaning they had to rush their crops to the market. They claimed it also threw off the cows.was the first country to enact the practice in 1916 as a way to cut energy costs during World War I. The U.S.

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