Daylight Saving Time is days away, here's how time changes

The dreaded, or beloved, time of year is almost upon us.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The dreaded, or beloved, time of year is almost upon us. On Sunday, March 10, at 2 a.m. we "spring forward" and skip to 3 a.m. entering Daylight Saving Time where we will be until Nov. 3.

Now, we don't really "lose" or "gain" daylight, but the time change shifts when we see the light. We're already gaining roughly 2 minutes of daylight per day this time of year anyway. This all leads up to our longest days and shortest nights of the year which happen close to the beginning of summer (June 20).

Our time shift will mean our evenings have much more light, but our mornings will get darker temporarily.

Sunsets in Austin

You'll notice the sun sets much later beginning on Sunday. In fact, next Sunday's sunset will be our latest sunset since last September.

Sunday's sunset is 1 hour and 1 minute later than Saturday's sunset thanks to the arrival of Daylight Saving Time.

The sun will continue to set later with our first 8 p.m. sunset on April 17 and our latest sunsets of the year begin around June 22 when the sun doesn't go down until 8:36 p.m. in Austin.

Sunrises in Austin

Plan on much darker mornings, at least for a little bit, starting next Sunday.

Sunday's sunrise will be 59 minutes later than Saturday's sunrise thanks to the arrival of Daylight Saving Time.

Sunrises are back before 7 a.m. again beginning April 18 with the earliest sunrises of the year beginning June 5 (6:28 a.m.).

Days keep getting longer

Regardless of the beginning of Daylight Saving Time our days continue to get longer.

We're almost at the spring equinox, so our day length is very close to 12 hours, matching our length of night.

Our longest day of the year coincides with the summer solstice with a day length of 14 hours and 6 minutes.

The shortest day of the year is the first day of winter with only 10 hours and 11 minutes of daylight.