It has arrived -- that day of the year where you earn one extra hour of sleep after a late night of Halloween festivities. It is Daylight Savings Time, one of the most confusing and possibly unnecessary holidays of the year; as a matter of fact, many people are actually annoyed by it. Most people have incorrect notions about why this time change is a thing; according to popular belief, this hour of sleep is lost so farmers have extra time to harvest. The reality is farmers couldn’t care less about Daylight Savings Time because it truly does not benefit them at all, or anyone, for that matter. As it turns out, Daylight Savings Time doesn’t really achieve what it is supposed to achieve: energy conservation.

The time change that now occurs twice a year in the United States, with the exception of Arizona and Hawaii, was originally proposed by George Hudson, a man who dreamed of giving people more sunlight in the summer. Germany was the first to enact it in 1916 to conserve fuel during World War I, hoping to encourage people to stay out in the summer and not use energy. While this concept may have worked in the early 1900s, energy consumption is very different in the modern era. With new technology such as computers, iPhones, and tablets, people are able to stay up all night and be distracted by Netflix, Instagram, or other social media websites; because of this, sitting outside and sweating in the summer is less appealing. Today we also have the beautiful invention of air-conditioning, enabling people to stay inside.

Because of the incredible difference between the modern era and a century ago, Daylight Savings Time can actually have the opposite effect of saving energy.

According to "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," when Indiana adopted Daylight Savings Time in 2006, it led to a 1 percent rise in electricity. As a matter of fact, there is an increase in car accidents and work-related injuries the week after Daylight Savings Time. The most obvious trouble related to the time change is sleep deprivation, which can lead to heart attacks and suicide. It also leads to difficulty calling people in different time zones or planning international meetings. So now that 70 of the 196 countries in the world have exited Daylight Savings Time and reentered Standard Time, people are forced to ponder: is this really necessary?