The first day of fall, daylight savings time change 2008

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Every year the first day of fall is marked by the autumnal equinox; in 2008 the autumnal equinox occurs on September 22 at 15:44 GMT/UTC.   While we refer to the date of autumnal equinox as “the first day of fall,” it is not really a day, but rather an exact moment in time when the sun sits directly over the equator. 

There are two equinoxes every year; one to mark the beginning of spring, and another to mark the first day of fall.  The autumnal, or fall, equinox occurs every year at a different time, usually on or around September 22.  In 2008 the autumnal equinox will occur 16 minutes before 1600 hours (4pm) Greenwich Meantime.

Each year the autumnal equinox always occurs on or around September 22, while the vernal equinox occurs on or around March 20.  There are occasional variations in the date because the equinox occurs at a very specific point in time rather than over the course of an entire day.

Many people think that the autumnal and vernal equinoxes coincide with the date of the daylight savings time changes; they do not.   Daylight savings does not fall on the same date as the occurrence of an equinox.  Daylight savings occurs two times each year; in the fall it occurs on the first Sunday in November, and in the spring it occurs on the first Sunday in March.  

In 2008, the clocks will jump foward an hour on March 2, meaning you will lose an hour of sleep.  Daylight savings will be adjust again on November 2, 2008; clocks will be turned back by one hour, getting you an extra hour of sleep.  Every year the clocks "spring forward" in the spring, and "fall back" in the fall.

During the fall daylight savings period clocks are turned back one hour, usually early in the morning hours, lengthening the day by an hour. This is why the fall rollback has the popular reputation of meaning an extra hour of sleep.  In the spring, daylight savings means that the clocks jump ahead by one hour, making the day one hour shorter.