"Spring Forward, Fall Back." You can put the old mnemonic device to use once again on Nov. 2, when daylight saving time ends in the United States.

Technically, clocks will jump back to 1 a.m. at precisely 2 a.m. In practice, you will likely have to adjust your microwave, alarm clock and other devices the next morning (though there is less tweaking to do in the age of tablets and smart watches).

The entire country will be on standard time until March 8, 2015.

Neither that date nor Nov. 2 matter much to Hawaii or most of Arizona, however, which do not participate in the daylight saving exercise. The same is true for the territories of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Utah is considering dropping out, too, The Salt Lake Tribune said. Surveys suggest that most in the Beehive State are not crazy about the time adjustments and would rather do away with them.

For most of the United States, however, the inconvenience of interrupted sleep schedules and missed appointments remains, and daylight saving time remains as controversial as ever.

The Nov. 2 end of what the Brits call "summer time" may even be dangerous, Time magazine claimed.

"The loss of an hour of afternoon sunlight when it ends ... may increase the likelihood of traffic accidents," the publication wrote. And additionally, "some experts say the requirement for people to abruptly adapt to a time change overnight may lead to dangerous driving."

"Darkness kills and sunlight saves lives," University of Washington Law Professor Steve Calandrillo told the magazine.

Calandrillo's solution is simple: Don't do away with daylight saving time. Do away with standard time, and stay on daylight saving time all year long.

That proposal may sit well with business owners, as according to another Time story, "All manner of shops and small businesses love what's perceived to be a longer day because it pushes consumers outside later into the night." Retail, thus, gets more bang for the back during the daylight saving time period.