You've probably been wondering when it would be appropriate to turn back time ever since the days have started getting darker earlier—but now the day of clock reckoning has come! Daylight saving time for most of the U.S. ends at 2 a.m., which means 2 a.m. becomes 1 a.m. This is also a great time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors (here's the FDNY's pitch). more ›

Looking at the hourly observations in Central Park it appears that the cold front passed through the city between four and six this morning, but that it took until almost ten a.m. for the cool Canadian air mass behind the front to arrive. You don't need to look at a website to know that we've now got a healthy north wind. The dew point has also dropped considerably, which means that after an afternoon high in the mid 50s we'll see a chilly night tonight. Look for the temperature across the city to be in the upper 30s tomorrow morning. more ›

By this point, you hopefully know what time it is. But yesterday, it wasn't quite as simple. Though most Americans follow that "spring forward, fall back" saying to guide their clock-winding for Daylight Saving Time, a recent survey of 1,000 showed that 11% of those surveyed thought they were supposed to turn their clocks forward an hour at 2 a.m. this morning. Another 5% said they just didn't know which way the clocks were supposed to go. But why the need for actual knowledge when your cell-phone just updates for you? more ›

At 2 a.m., it's time for the U.S. (well, not Hawaii and Arizona save some parts) to spring forward an hour. While you lose an hour of sleep, just think—it'll be lighter in the late afternoon/early evening! Also, it's a good time to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. more ›

Tonight is the night we all set our clocks ahead an hour in observance of the strange springtime ritual known as Daylight Saving Time. Until last year Daylight time began on the first Sunday in April. Thanks to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, DST now begins on the second Sunday in March and lasts until the first weekend in November. more ›

Mother Nature is all treats and no tricks this Halloween. With southerly flow around a high pressure system centered to the east today's high temperature should be nearly ten degrees warmer than normal. The day should be mostly sunny but there may be a few clouds and ghouls this evening. more ›

A fire that erupted in a two-family Rosedale home yesterday morning claimed the lives of a Corrections Department captain and her two sons. The Corrections Dept. union said that the victims were Captain Renee Chong and her two young sons. more ›

Two years ago, in their infinite wisdom, Congress moved the start of Daylight Saving Time up three weeks to the second Sunday in March. That's tonight! Don't forget to adjust your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed. The reason for the date switch was to save energy. more ›

Yay! It's Daylight Saving Time, which means at 2AM this morning, it magically went back to being 1AM. Well, it's "Yay!" for the extra hour of sleep you get, but then it's "Argh!" when you think of how dark it'll be at 5-5:30PM. The U.S. Naval Observatory explains why we fall back or spring forward, and reminds us that next year, we'll be falling back during the first Sunday of November. (The date has been changed because of Halloween and it being dark during trick-or-treating.) more ›

Remember, today is the last day of Daylight Saving Time. Tonight, before you go to bed don't forget to set your clocks back an hour (unless you don't want to take advantage of that wonderful extra hour of sleep, glorious, glorious sleep). more ›

Gothamist Arts & Events has fantastic Halloween weekend suggestions for what to do, what to watch, and what to listen to. And remember kids, we fall back this Sunday. Yeah, we know, that's mean more darkness (not to mention another hour of pre-election hoo-ha) so Gothamist recommends some sort of reflective clothing for you and your pets.
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Sunday morning marks the beginning of daylight-saving time (incidentally it's not called daylight savings time). So don't forget to set your clocks FORWARD one hour at 2am. As we do every first Sunday in April, we shift our daily schedule to more accurately coincide with the shifting daylight hours in the day. The net effect? Daylight Saving Time saves energy. Gothamist likes that our state keeps it simple, unlike Indiana which has 77 counties that don't observe DST and 15 counties that do, 10 of which are in the Central Time Zone. more ›