The changing of the month means we’re also one step closer to “falling back” in time with the end of daylight saving time. The change pushes more daylight into the morning hours, making for earlier sunsets and darker evening commutes. It’s the second-earliest, date the time can change, only one day later than the earliest possible time of Nov. 1. The current rules for DST have been in place since 2007 after the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended the length of daylight saving in the interest of reducing utility consumption. The transition from ST to DST has the effect of moving one hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.