On November 1, our clocks “fell back” and we had an extra hour of sleep because daylight savings time ended and standard time began. Many wonder why there is still a time change.

Daylight savings time is observed by almost 70 countries around the world. Almost all of the United States observes daylight savings with the exception of Hawaii and Arizona.

Because daylight savings ended, the sun usually rises at around 6:10 in the morning and sets at around 5:30 in the evening in Florida.

“When daylight savings ended, I thought it was 10:00 at night when it’s only 6:00. I woke up really early in the morning because of the sun shining into my room,” sophomore Gabriella Garcia said.

There are some benefits to daylight savings time ending. We get an extra hour of sleep, and the sunset is earlier. But despite the few benefits, many people do not enjoy this time change.

“I do not like the new daylight hours. Because Florida does not really go through winter, I don’t think we should participate in daylight savings,” Garcia said.

Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott have tried to keep Florida on U.S. saving times and make it permanent. Rubio introduced the “Sunshine State Act” in 2018.

“I hope that the Sunshine State Act gets into effect because I do not like that it gets dark so early” sophomore Lilia Silveria said.

The legislation has not gone into effect because there needs to be a federal change in order for it to pass.

Daylight savings will start again on March 14 and clocks will then be set an hour ahead.