Why do Americans set the clock back? im curious / myLot

November 3, 2026 12:36am CST

It's 7:30 a.m. and my phone says it's 25 degrees celcius right now, with a low of 23 and a high of 32. Woke up about an hour ago, checked for online gigs as usual. Yesterday wasn't the best, only a few gigs popped up, but I'm keeping hopeful for today. Only one gig has shown up so far, about an hour ago, but I'm not going to spend the morning complaining. Sometimes things work out, sometimes not. I'll keep checking and hoping for better opportunities. Nothing special planned, just cleaning at home, then heading to work. Hopefully it's productive offline and online. And about Americans setting the clocks back, thats new to me..why is that

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Anna

@LadyDuck (505299)

• Italy

Not only Americans, Europeans also did, one week before the Americans. We move to clock one hour forward in spring and go back to the solar hour (one hour back) in autumn. They pretend it's to save energy, I doubt.

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rakski

@rakski (164125)

• Philippines

is it really to save energy?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (505299)

• Italy

@rakski - This is what the government pretends, because in spring the sun rises earlier in the morning, so if people start to work earlier we need less electricity. Stupid reasoning because all the offices now have artificial light no matter which season of the year.

Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (9006)

• United Kingdom

It must take more energy surely, winding the clocks back and forth. Prior to the digital age, it must have been a real pain. I know it still is in places like stately homes, where they have old-fashioned grandfather clocks and carriage clocks.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (150161)

• Roseburg, Oregon

To have an hour more of daylight. I wish they would quit.

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (9006)

• United Kingdom

It’s an hour more in the morning, but an hour less in the evening. If you’re an early bird then it’s probably welcomed.

snowy

@snowy22315 (214509)

• United States

We did it this p ast weekend. It is supposedly to save energy. It is just aggravating however.

Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (9006)

• United Kingdom

We in the UK do the same. There seems to be no good reason for it. We used to be aligned with the Americans, but I believe George W Bush pushed the USA time change back a week from ours simply just to be different.

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (108892)

• Los Angeles, California

Because the government created daylight savings time for farmers a long time ago and even though now outdated, won't abolish it.

Gayle Harrelson

@2ndchances24 (12489)

• Cloverdale, Indiana

I'm like you why do we set the clocks back & forth every year ? You got me to thinking about that so I looked it up & this is what I found

https://americantimewatch.com/why-do-they-change-the-time/

americantimewatch.com

https://americantimewatch.com/why-do-they-change-the-time/

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