Daylight Savings Time comes to an end this Saturday night and there are a few things you should look out for other than costumed characters toting eggs, shaving cream or toilet paper. Even though it’s an extra hour, the change can negatively affect driving ability & mood, so be ready and watch for changes that occur in your own sleep quality. Also, make sure you don’t forget to turn your clocks back an hour (Zeo instructions below).
How It Affects Sleep
An extra hour to catch up on sleep this weekend and you’re golden… right? As great as that might sound, it may not be quite that simple. Studies have shown a connection between daylight savings transitions and traffic accidents – even in the Fall when you get that extra hour of sleep. So be careful on the roads on Sunday morning!
On top of that, more research suggests that if you’re the morning type, or feel like you’re susceptible to a change in mood due to the seasons, the coming transition this weekend could make your sleep slip right out the window.
What you Can Watch For With Zeo
Don’t let the transition catch you off guard. This is a good opportunity to get an extra hour in bed – a chance to take a chunk out of that massive sleep debt that most of us are carrying around. And if you’re a Zeo user, be sure to upload your data to myZeo.com to see how the transition affected your sleep quality.
Here are a couple things to look for using the sleep tools at mysleep.myZeo.com:
ZQ Breakdown Tool on mysleep.myZeo.com
After a couple days into the time change, use your ZQ Breakdown tool to compare the last week of October to the first week of November. Look out for changes in those sleep stats in particular.
Sleep Graph Tool on mysleep.myZeo.com
Try inspecting your sleep graph for Saturday night. Come Sunday, you may want to ask yourself a few questions like: What time did I get to bed? How long did I sleep for? How many times did I wake up?
Changing the time on your Zeo Bedside Display
Changing the time on Zeo is simple:
Use these instructions to 'Fall Back' an hour on Zeo
Oh – and one more thing – more tricking, less treating (the sugar can keep you wired 
. Happy Halloween.
Steve (ZQ: 100) is our resident Research Scientist, working to help people understand the science behind Zeo, as well as the science of sleep. He is one of the driving forces behind our Sleep Research Center.
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