Daylight saving time 2011
Bad news for early-morning joggers and school bus drivers, worse news for vampires: Daylight saving time, which leaves our mornings dark and lengthens the afternoon, is ending late this year.
Mark Nov. 6 as the day to finally set your clocks back, the second-longest wait since the energy-saving switcheroo debuted in 1918. Daylight saving time, when clocks are moved an hour forward to extend sunlight, begins at 2 a.m. the second Sunday of March and ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November.
Last year, daylight saving ended on Nov. 7, the latest end in history. Congress extended the length of the clock shift in 2007, with daylight saving in effect for 238 days, or about 65 percent of the year.
So brace yourself for dark mornings for at least two more weeks: On Nov. 5, the sun won't rise until 7:34 a.m. and will set just before 6.
Dog-walkers, be safe in the morning. Commuters, turn your lights on.
And our vampire friends, the bloodless Bretheren of the Night, whose flesh boils at the faintest brush of sunlight? Keep setting your alarm clock for 6 p.m.
