Clocks across the country are set to wind back one hour on Sunday, marking the end of Daylight Saving Time for 2018.
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Most digital clocks are set to automatically wind back from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Nov. 4, according to officials, but Santa Clarita residents will need to remember to set back any analog clocks they may have.
Daylight Saving Time is a system used to reduce electricity usage by extending daylight hours. In 2005, President George W. Bush signed an energy bill into law that established the parameters for the system, starting on the second Sunday of March and ending on the first Sunday of November.
The modern idea of daylight saving has been around since the 1890s, which was first implemented by Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1916, according to officials.
Since then, many countries have used the system at various times, especially since the energy crisis of the 1970s, officials say.
This may be the last Daylight Saving Time for Santa Clarita, as California voters are set to vote in November on an initiative that would undo the Daylight Saving Time Act.
Authored by Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, AB 807 would overturn the Daylight Saving Act that California voters passed in 1949, keeping the state on a year-round clock.
Calling the practice of changing the clocks twice a year “outdated,” Chu argued that Daylight Saving Time actually has adverse effects that many people do not realize.
“We started this practice to conserve energy during wartime, but studies show that this is no longer the case,” Chu said. “We are no longer saving energy, and studies have shown this practice increases risk of heart attacks, traffic accidents and crimes.”
But opponents of the change have argued that it throws California businesses even more out of sync with those on the east coast, hurting tourism and adversely affecting farmers
“It’s fixing something that is not broken,” said Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Sacramento. “Our society has acculturated itself to Daylight Saving Time. I think it would create too much confusion to change it again.”
This is not the first time California legislatures have attempted to reverse Daylight Saving Time. A similar bill was proposed in 2016, but was killed on the Senate floor.
However, even if it is adopted this time around, AB 807 would not immediately go into effect as it would take an act of Congress to make Pacific Standard time permanent in California.
Ed. Note: Some of the above information was provided by CNN. KHTS is an affiliate of CNN.
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