Twice a year, the inhabitants of New Jersey, United Statesthey must set your clock forward or backaccording to the station they are about to enter and to be in accordance with the Daylight Saving Time (DTS). This is a measure that has been applied for decades, with supposed benefits to save energy and make the most of sunlight.
This 2024, northern winter time It starts on Sunday, November 3 at 2 a.m.when Americans say goodbye to summer and turn their clocks back to dial 1 again.
During the first Sunday of November, precisely at 2 in the morningthe inhabitants of the state of New Jersey You should set your clocks back one hour to begin northern winter time. That is, your needles must dial 1 for the second time. The change can be automatically or manuallyaccording to the model.
There is about a month until daylight saving time ends and winter time beginsPexels
Los digital watches or smartwatches They come configured to change their time without manual intervention. Like cell phones, adjust automatically to the area of the territory in which you live.
On the other hand, the analog watches which tell the time with a hand mechanism in a 12-hour format, must be updated manually following the instruction manuals. It is best to do it before going to sleep, to make the work easier and wake up the next day at the correct time.
Daylight saving time was enacted by the Uniform Time Act of 1966 in almost every state in the US. However, there are certain places that are exempt from this measure:
The above entities can be exempt from summer time. He Department of Transportation USA (DOT, in English), in charge of supervising time zones, explained that: “States can opt out of daylight saving timebut such exemption must apply to the entire portion of that state that is in a given time zone.”
On Sunday, November 3, winter time will begin in the United StatesPexels
The state of Hawaii abandoned its participation in 1967 thanks to its relative proximity to the equator, making the measure unnecessary because the sun in the region rises and sets at almost the same time every day. The same with most cities in Arizonaexempted a year later.
The DOT is in charge of overseeing the time zone of the regions, although they do not have the power to change or revoke it. According to the agency, this measure has become an integral part of the functioning of modern American society. The implementation was motivated by the improvement of transportation and has become widespread for economic reasons and energy savings.
The Standard Time Act, 1918was created to save daylight, began on the last Sunday of March and ended on the last Sunday of October. Over time, The regulation was modified and gave way to the Uniform Time Act of 1966which ordered standard time within existing time zones and established a permanent system, with two transitions a year.
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