Don’t forget to reset your clocks tonight as we ‘fall’ back

Don’t forget, you get an extra hour of sleep tonight as we 'fall' back to Pacific Standard Time in most of B.C.

If you have any clocks or watches that need to be reset, turn them back one hour tonight, Nov. 6, as we switch to Pacific Standard Time from Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7.

The time change means the sunrise will be one hour earlier, but it also means it will be dark by around 5 p.m. tomorrow. Plan accordingly.

READ MORE: Want to stop moving clocks back? Get behind Standard Time

Despite provincial government survey that found 93 per cent of respondents want to toss Daylight Saving Time and remain on standard time all year long, we will continue to change our clocks twice a year for the foreseeable future. 

The movement to end DST once and for all seemed to pick up back in 2015 when John Oliver from This Week Tonight asked: Why is this still a thing?

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