If you're not using your extra hour to catch up on sleep, then you're doing it wrong.

*Originally published in 2018
Updated on October 24, 2022:

Daylight saving time (DST) ends this coming Sunday, November 6, so it's time for the annual changing of the clocks (or at least your non-smart devices that don't change themselves). Don't forget, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, but it won't go into effect until 2023.

And in case you forgot, the fall time change is the good one—the one where changing your clocks back gives you an extra hour of sleep. (Yay!)

In honor of falling back, here are some of our favorite DST memes!

Mind = Blown. 

Zzzzzzzzz.

So true.

Yes. Yes, it is.

First-world problems.

Second-world problems?

Oddly specific, but yes.

For those new to the concept (transplants from Arizona, we’re looking at you!), simply change your clock back one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night, November 3. The official time change occurs at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning. So, if it’s 11 p.m. when you head to bed, you’ll change your clocks to 10 p.m. Most smartphones and digital car clocks will take care of the change automatically these days.

Really, despite your personal preference on daylight distribution, the fall time change is just a sign that the holidays are right around the corner! And that’s always good news. So enjoy your extra hour and do what you’ve got to do to get your routine back on schedule. Your body will adjust soon enough!