Daylight Savings Time 2011 officially ends in the wee hours of Sunday morning in most states in the U.S. It is time to fall back. What are your plans for your extra hour?

The good news about the end of Daylight Saving Time is that it is actually healthy. sure it can be depressing for it to be dark when you drive home from work, but gaining the extra hour is much less difficult than losing the hour in the spring.

Dr. Steven Feinsilver said, “Generally, it is always easier to stay up an hour later than to go to sleep an hour earlier, so most people have relatively little problem setting the clocks back in the fall. this is because our basic circadian rhythm (the ‘body clock’) actually seems to be programmed for a longer than 24 hour day. It runs a little slow.”

There is quite a bit of controversy surrounding Daylight Savings Time. Some people believe it saves money, and then some studies find that it doesn’t end up saving anything. many health experts believe that the switch to Daylight Saving Time is actually very tough emotionally and physically for humans, which also makes it perhaps not worth the money it may or may not save.

The strangest thing is that several countries are considering staying forward permanently. perhaps a better plan would be to stay on Standard Time instead. What do you wish your government would do?

Meanwhile, at 2 a.m. Sunday morning the clocks will turn back to 1 a.m. What do you plan to do with your 25 hour day?

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Daylight Savings Time 2011 Ends: When to Fall Back