Daylight Saving Time comes to an end overnight tonight, and that means it will be some time before most parts of the province see the sunset after 5:00 p.m.

Rodney Barney, a meteorologist with the weather office in Gander, says for some areas it will be the end of January before the days start lengthening out and we see the sun after the standard workday ends.

In St. John’s, the sun will set at 4:42 p.m. tomorrow, until we reach the earliest sunset at 4:09 in December. The daylight hours will then gradually lengthen, but it will be the end of January before the sun dips below the horizon after 5:00 p.m.

Clocks move back one hour overnight tonight, meaning we gain an hour of daylight in the morning and lose an hour in the evenings.

As the daylight winds down for another day, a reminder that next Sunday we'll be embarking on about 12-14 weeks of the sun setting before 5pm, depending on location. #nlwx pic.twitter.com/A0RcxLtg1C

— Rodney Barney (@rcbstormpost) October 25, 2020

Meanwhile, fire departments are reminding residents that the change in time is a good opportunity to check and change the batteries on your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

The Department of Justice and Public Safety advises that the installation of smoke alarms are required on every level of a home, including the basement, in every bedroom and in the hallway or room outside of every bedroom or sleeping area.