Return to standard time Sunday

It’s time to move our clocks back one hour with Daylight Saving Time beginning during the pre-dawn hours Sunday morning, Nov. 6. 
The official change to standard time takes place at 2 a.m., but you are recommended to set your clocks back one hour before retiring for the night on Saturday evening.
In addition to moving clocks back one-hour, this is also a good time to check smoke detectors in your home and change the batteries if needed. 
We will remain on standard time through the winter months and return to daylight saving time on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
History of DST
Daylight Saving Time (DST), an act of moving clocks forward one hour in the Spring and returning to standard time in the Fall, was first introduced in this country in March 1918  when the United States was involved in World War I. 
In going to DST, it was believed to save energy during the war, but the practice was repealed a year later due to farmers protesting the method.
In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act that gave the states the option to  adopt using daylight savings time or opting out of the practice of following DST. time for the other six months. 
Two states, Hawaii, and a large portion of Arizona along with the U.S. territories that included American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marian Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands continued observing permanent standard time throughout the year. 
In 1973, the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act was enacted and the country experimented with a two-year experiment involving year-round DST.
However in October 1974, Congress ended the experiment due to concerns of darkness on winter mornings. 
In 2005, the Energy Policy Act set the practice of observing daylight saving time beginning on the second Sunday in March and returning to standard time on the first Sunday in November.
For the past 18 years, the majority of the United States as well as about 70 countries throughout the world have used DST.
Possible End to Time Switch
Could we be nearing the end of having to change our clocks every November and March remains to be seen. 
This past March, the Sunshine Protection Act passed legislation in the Senate to make daylight saving time permanent and ending the twice-annual changing of clocks.
The bill unanimously passed by voice vote in the Senate, but faces uncertainty in the House of Representatives having only been introduced in a committee hearing. 
It would still need to receive a majority vote in House  before going to President Joe Biden to sign into law. 
If signed, the Sunshine Protection Act would set daylight saving time to year-round starting in November 2023 and would mean we would fall back for the final time in November 2023. 
The following March 2024, we would spring forward permanently and not return to standard time in November.
With a change to a permanent daylight saving time,  Central Texas residents would generally wake up on winter mornings to darkness and would have a later sunset in the afternoon.   
For example, the sun typically rises in Central Texas  on the first day of winter at 7:22 a.m. and sets at 5:35 p.m.
Following permanent DST, it would mean the sun would rise at 8:22 a.m. with the sun setting at 6:35 p.m.