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Time to Change Your Clocks

Clocks fall back an hour on Sunday.

Change your clocks on Sunday, the . Clocks fall back on Sunday at 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. with the end of daylight saving time for the year, so don't forget to set clocks back before you go to bed. (If it's 10 p.m., you need to set it to 9 p.m.)

Also, don't forget the clocks on your computers, DVD players, microwaves, phones and ovens, or assume they automatically reset themselves.

The return to standard time, while it makes days seem shorter with earlier sunsets, can be a healthy change, according to an ABC report

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The circadian rhythm, the body's natural clock, runs slightly longer than 24 hours, making it easier to adjust to standard time. The body doesn't ever quite adjust to the social change, according to the report. 

The extra hour of sleep also "resets" the body, the report said. 

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While you're busy changing batteries and times on clocks, note that this is the opportune time to check the batteries in your , a Fox report said.

And if you still don't understand the point, you're not alone. According to a Rasmussen Report, more than 45 percent of people don't think the benefits are worth the trouble. 

And 27 percent of people in the survey said they had arrived somewhere early or late because of daylight saving time.

Some sunny American places don't bother with springing forward and falling back. Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands don't change times.


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