Don’t forget to “fall back” this Sunday

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - It is time to turn back time.

Daylight saving time ends this weekend, so don't forget to "fall back" an hour Sunday morning. 

For most of us, that means an extra hour of sleep and brighter mornings.

But it also re-ignites conversations about why we observe daylight saving time at all.

It has early origins dating back to World War I.

Then President Roosevelt re-established it on Feb. 9, 1942 to get the nation to conserve energy.

The United States did not standardize daylight saving time until 1966, when it passed the Uniform Time Act.

It is generally meant to allow for the greatest number of daylight hours to coordinate with the workday.

Those against the practice say it is inconvenient and outdated.

"Personally, I don't like daylight savings. I hate waking up when it's dark. And then I go home and it's dark. And I also like to sleep in, and it just. It just throws my whole body off," one person said.

"Sleep pattern is interrupted. Your whole routine is interrupted. Maybe only by an hour, but it is interrupted. And especially for the kids, it shows. Having raised four and having grandchildren that I'm with a lot of it. It shows in the kids. I don't like it," another person said.

"I hate it," another said. "I wish it would stop, because for us, having to change all of our clocks is not fun. And I don't the farmers so far. Having said it, makes that big of a difference. We're all for farmers and whatever can help them, but we don't care for daylight savings."

Some lawmakers have been pushing to make daylight saving time  permanent.

However, the legislation has always stalled in Congress.