Get Ready to ‘Fall Back’ Earlier in Southern Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois 

I will go on the record and say that I am a fan of our time zone the way that it is. We get to enjoy more daylight, and even though the sun makes me rashy, I still prefer that to darkness at 4 pm.

We Are Slowly Losing Daylight Minutes Every Day

You might not even realize it, but even though it's only August, the days are getting shorter. According to timeanddate.com:

On August 1, the sunrise was at 5:53 AM and set at 7:58 PM, giving us 14 hours and 5 minutes of daylight.

But fast forward just a few days…

By August 5, the sunrise has shifted to 5:56 AM, and sunset moves up to 7:54 PM, shortening the day to just 13 hours and 57 minutes.

That’s a loss of about 1 minute and 56 seconds of daylight each day. Over the course of the month, we’ll lose over an hour of daylight total.

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Trains and Time

The United States decided to put the power of time zones into the hands of the Department of Transportation. They need to be able to regulate them so that trains don't start colliding in chaos.

Standard time is the local time in a country or region when Daylight Saving Time (DST) is not in use. U.S. Department of Transportation

Fall Back Earlier in 2025

Okay, we are basically falling back a day sooner than in 2024. It won't happen until November, but the way this year is going, it will be here before we know it!

Here's What The Farmers' Almanac Says

Daylight Saving Time 2025 ends on the first Sunday in November. We “fall back” one hour and return to Standard Time on Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2 a.m. (2 a.m. on this date becomes 1 a.m.)