advanced by one hour on Sunday, marking the beginning of daylight saving time – a tradition regulated by the Uniform Time Act of 1966.Under federal law, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.But that hour of daylight gained in the evening doesn't just miraculously appear with the changing of the clocks.
Instead, we're simply moving that hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.Now, instead of the sun coming up between 6 and 7 a.m.
and setting around 6 to 7 p.m., it doesn't rise until between 7 and 8 a.m., but it's up much later in the evening until about 7 to 8 p.m.That means many of us are waking up in the dark this week, but the trade-off is that we can eat our dinner in the daylight.FILE - Alarm clocks are showing 2 o'clock and 3 o'clock. RELATED: Growing movement to make daylight saving time permanentIn the northern tier of the U.S., it will take four to five weeks for the sunrise to be as early as it was last week.For example, in Seattle, Saturday's sunrise was at 6:28 a.m.
Sunday's sunrise was then at 7:26 a.m. after the switch to daylight saving time.It will take until April 11 for the sunrise to be as early as 6:28 a.m.