The last full day of Daylight Saving Time is Saturday, and some warmer weather will return with the weekend.
Eastern Standard Time returns at 2 a.m. Sunday, so you’re advised to set your clocks back by an hour before turning in Saturday evening.
For the next four months, through March 5, daybreak will occur around 7 a.m., with sunsets taking place in the late afternoon.
Saturday’s weather will be sunny, with highs near 70, marking some Indian summer temperatures for most of the next week.
Highs are expected to reach into the high 70s as the week goes on, with lows from the mid 40s to the high 50s.
With the time change comes renewed discussion on the whole idea of whether there should be time changes or not.
U.S. Congress currently doesn’t allow for states to switch to permanent saving time, only permanent standard time (observed only in Arizona and Hawaii).
That’s under provisions of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which would need to be repealed before states could enact permanent saving time laws.
Georgia is among the states that has approved a measure to go to permanent saving time if that happens.
The legislature in 2021 passed a law that was signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, contingent on Congressional action. Most of East Cobb’s representatives voted in favor of that law.
The Sunshine Protection Act, sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, passed the U.S. Senate in 2022 but hasn’t been voted on in the U.S. House.
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