Why Daylight Saving Time Ended So Early

Clocks rolled back an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, and most of the country got an extra hour of sleep without a single vote. The Congressional Research Service says we started this in 1918, in the middle of a world war, which is the last time I'd want Washington running my schedule. Hawaii and most of Arizona opted out, and I'd bet they're sleeping fine. My hired hand asked if he got the extra hour. I told him the cows don't read a calendar. The House passed a bill in July to keep daylight time all year, and it's headed to the Senate, where it's anybody's guess whether it gets done before it expires in early January. A day late and a dollar short is about right.