Do you notice it getting darker in the morning? The Autumn equinox on Wednesday marked the time when summer ends. Days and nights are of equal length. But, instead of rising at 6 a.m. and setting around 6 p.m., the sun comes up around 7 a.m. and sets around 7 p.m. That is because we’re still on daylight-saving time.
During the next few weeks, mornings will continue to grow darker when we arise and go to school or work. If daylight-saving time ended at the equinox, we would be back on standard time, with morning daylight beginning when we get up and get going.
Unfortunately daylight-saving time is scheduled to continue for another five weeks. As days become shorter than nights, mornings will grow even darker. Walking to school or work in the morning will be more dangerous due to reduced visibility.
Why should daylight-saving time continue well into the fall, when nights are longer than days? Congress could change the dates we start and end daylight-saving time to coincide with the equinoxes.
It’s about time.
