what I wish I knew about daylight saving time instead of just dreading that clock change every fall so every year in the fall we set our clocks back 1 hour it's called daylight saving time but why do we do it well it all started to make better use of daylight during the longer days of summer but in the fall the days get shorter so we fall back to get an extra hour of Morning Light think of it like this it's a way to adjust our schedule to Nature's Rhythm instead of waking up in the dark we sink up with the Sun a bit better so some folks love the extra hour of sleep while others aren't so thrilled about the early evenings either way it's a tradition that keeps ticking so next time you set that clock back you'll know exactly why we do it cool right don't forget to hit that like button and subscribe for more fun facts see you in the spring when we Spring Forward