Clocks are scheduled to fall back an hour on the first Sunday of November, resulting in the sun setting earlier in the day.

Franklin, whose famous inventions included the lightning rod and bifocal glasses, reportedly suggested back in 1784 that people should get up earlier in the summer to make the most of the daylight.

Clocks will "fall back" one hour at 2 a.m. on Nov. 2, the first Sunday in November, granting most people an extra hour of ...