Falling Back with Daylight Saving By Shyanna Shea
After the spooks and scares of October, the days continue to grow darker as Daylight Saving Time occurs. The first Sunday of November, which this year (2025) is November 2nd, is the end of Daylight Saving, also known as fall back. Many question why this is done, and where this tradition comes from, and this article is the answer.
For starters, Daylight Saving is done to maximize the number of hours of sunlight people can get every day as night takes up more time, so it’s a bit lighter in the mornings after falling back. If Daylight Saving wasn’t implemented, the daylight left in the Winter would potentially be wasted.
Students at Lenape Tech were asked what they think is the reason for Daylight Saving is. Many said that it was for farmers, but this isn’t the case. Daylight Saving was officially implemented by Germany during World War I in 1916, the United States following this as it helped conserve much needed energy. Daylight Saving only fully came into effect nation-wide in 1966 with the Uniform Time Act.
People very often say something along the lines of “We have Daylight Savings for farmers” and this idea has two problems. One is that “Daylight Savings” is actually the incorrect term, there is no “s” at the end of it. The greater issue is that farmers supporting Daylight Saving is a myth- not true in the slightest. In fact, most farmers have historically opposed Daylight Saving, as this disrupts the entire farm’s schedule. Farmers have always been used to waking up before the sun rises and ending the day far after the sun sets, so DST “maximizing their daylight” doesn’t affect them overall. The real problem lies with farmers with cows. Dairy cows depend on a regular schedule to be milked daily, and when this schedule is thrown off, it causes them to be uncomfortable and even producing far less milk than they would normally.
Daylight Saving is something that people have simply learned to live with, and whether it’s considered a good or bad thing, at least there’s one more hour of sleep to get before you start your day.
