KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It's hard to believe, but fall is nearly here. That also means Daylight Saving Time is about to end.
Set yourself a reminder to set your clocks back an hour on the first Sunday in November. Daylight Saving Time ends in 2024 at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, and we will "fall back" an hour.
If you've got somewhere to be on Sunday morning, be sure to set your alarm clock back one hour before you head to bed on that Saturday. If you forget, you'll be missing out on an extra hour of sleep (and you might arrive fashionably early to church).
Once Nov. 3 arrives, the next time we will "spring forward" an hour for Daylight Saving Time will be Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Why Does Tennessee Still Observe Daylight Saving Time?
Back in 2019, Tennessee passed a law that made Daylight Saving Time the year-round standard time across the state to avoid messing with clocks and people's schedules twice a year. However, that law can't take effect until Congress changes the law across the country to allow states to observe Daylight Saving Time year-round.
Currently, states are only allowed to enact measures that make Standard Time the year-round standard by opting out of observing Daylight Saving Time. Arizona and Hawaii are the only states that currently do that.
There have been a few bills introduced in Congress to allow permanent Daylight Saving Time, but all of them have stalled or failed. Until the national law is amended, Tennesseans will have to continue "springing forward" and "falling back" each year.
