Nearly every U.S. state observes daylight saving time, including Illinois.
Your body may have gotten used to the sunsets before 6 p.m. But come these weekend, they'll be even earlier -- by about 60 minutes.will come to an end this year on Nov. 2. with clocks being set back an hour and fewer minutes of daylight.
According to NBC 5 Storm Team Alicia Roman, the sunset time Monday, Oct. 27 is set for 5:52 p.m. By Saturday, Nov. 1, sunset will be a few minutes earlier, at 5:44 p.m. But after clocks"fall back" overnight, the sunset time for Sunday, Nov. 2 is set for 4:43 p.m. At the same time, the sunrise will get earlier that day, set for 6:24 a.m. Nearly every U.S. state observes daylight saving time, including Illinois. Only two states - Arizona and Hawaii -- do not observe it. U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, also do not observe daylight saving time.While the United States is currently in daylight saving time, much of the country will switch to standard time beginning on Nov. 2. In the U.S., daylight saving time lasts for a total of 34 weeks, typically running from early-to-mid March to the beginning of November in states that observe it.Daylight savings time was first put into place more than a century ago, though some people credit its invention to an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. In an essay about saving candles, Franklin wrote"Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." But that was meant more as satire than a serious consideration. Germany was the first to adopt daylight saving time on May 1, 1916, during World War I as a way to conserve fuel. The rest of Europe followed soon after. Two years later, the U.S. adopted daylight saving time in March of 1918, with the intention of adding additional daylight hours also as a way to help save energy costs during World War I, according to the On Feb. 9, 1942, Franklin Roosevelt instituted year-round daylight saving time, which he called"wartime," again to"help conserve fuel and promote national security defense." That only lasted until Sept. 30, 1945, however. Daylight saving time didn't become standard in the U.S. until the passage of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which mandated standard time across the country within established time zones. It stated that clocks would advance one hour at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in April and turn back one hour at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. Under the conditions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November – a change put in place in part to allow children to trick-or-treat in more daylight.The topic of daylight saving time vs. standard time has been hotly debated. Sleep experts have advocated in some cases for a permanent standard time, many saying a switch to permanent daylight saving time would be worse.With clocks still changing, Rowley said there is growing evidence to suggest the body never fully adjusts to daylight saving time - even between spring and fall. "Losing that hour of sleep for some people, just makes them more anxious, some more depressed, some more irritated. So it can be quite problematic. Problem is that, even long term, while we think we are adjusting to that change, there is actually evidence that we don't completely adjust to the change, so we are still at increased risk for all those things throughout daylight saving time," Dr. James Rowley, a professor of medicine at Rush University and the immediate past president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine."... We need sunshine in the morning to help us fall asleep at night. But during the summer, if we have light too much late into the evening, that actually prevents us from falling asleep. So having that 'extra light' in the evening actually prevents sleep. So it just has its long term consequences as well."“By causing the human body clock to be misaligned with the natural environment, daylight saving time increases risks to our physical health, mental well-being, and public safety,” Dr. M. Adeel Rishi, who is chair of the AASM Public Safety Committee and a pulmonary, sleep medicine, and critical care specialist at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, said in a statement. “Permanent standard time is the optimal choice for health and safety.”“Permanent standard time helps synchronize the body clock with the rising and setting of the sun,” Dr. James A. Rowley, president of the AASM, said in a release. “This natural synchrony is optimal for healthy sleep, and sleep is essential for health, mood, performance, and safety.” It also mirrors similar takes from other organizations, including the National Sleep Foundation, which said"seasonal time-changes are disruptive to sleep health and should be eliminated." Permanent daylight saving time would lead to later sunrises across much of the U.S., with some states not seeing a sunrise until after 9 a.m. during portions of the year. "Having sunshine in the morning actually helps us to fall asleep at nighttime. And the other problem is, of course, it's darker later into the morning, which has its own set of problems with safety, driving, people walking. Parents are definitely worried about their kids walking to school in the dark," Rowley said."If we were on permanent daylight saving time, most of the United States would not have sunrise until after 8 a.m. and the northern states - you know, the particularly northern states like Minnesota, Montana, the Dakotas - would not have sunshine until after 9 o'clock in the morning. And so the American Academy of Sleep Medicine firmly believes that we should be on permanent standard time, not permanent daylight saving time."
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Staff Picks: Who Is the Better Illinois Coach – Bret Bielema or Brad Underwood?We held our Illinois on SI staff members' feet to the fire, forcing them to choose between the Illini football and basketball coaches
Read more »
Stephen Miller Threatens to Arrest Illinois Governor JB PritzkerFearless Independent Journalism
Read more »
Illinois vs. Washington FREE LIVE STREAM (10/25/25): Watch college football, Week 9 onlineThe No. 23 Illinois Fighting Illini face the Washington Huskies on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Wash.
Read more »
Police searching for 29-year-old man accused of kidnapping 4 children in IllinoisPolice in Illinois said they are searching for a man who allegedly kidnapped four children.
Read more »
Denzel Boston’s big day helps Washington beat No. 23 Illinois 42-25Denzel Boston threw and caught a touchdown pass, and finished with career highs of 10 catches and 153 receiving yards to lead Washington to a 42-25 victory over No. 23 Illinois on Saturday.
Read more »
Three Instant Observations From Illinois' 42-25 Loss to WashingtonThe Illini offense – hardly perfect itself – couldn't overcome a stinker of an outing from the defense in Seattle
Read more »