Southwest Missouri Prepares for Daylight Saving Time Shift
As temperatures drop and leaves change color in Southwest Missouri, residents are preparing to "fall back" on the clocks this Sunday when Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends at 2:00 a.m.
Clocks will shift back one hour, granting an extra hour of sleep but ushering in earlier sunsets.
A Brief History of Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time, the practice of advancing clocks by one hour in spring and setting them back in fall, has roots dating back over a century.
Benjamin Franklin jokingly proposed waking Parisians earlier to save candle wax in 1784
The concept gained traction during World War I.
Author's summary: Southwest Missouri prepares for DST shift.
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