UNION COUNTY, N.C. —  Sunday is the end of daylight saving time for the year, which means it’s time to set our clocks back an hour. We decided to look into how this time change started and what legislation has been introduced to alter it.

The co-owner of Waxhaw Antique Clock Shop, Kemp Heinbaugh, says he has made a living working on clocks.

“I’ve done it about 45 years or so,” Heinbaugh says.

His daughter, Kristen Devine, says people in the area have a nickname for him.

“He likes to refer to himself as the clock-man,” Devine says.

Heinbaugh has clocks in his shop that date back to the 1800s and 1900s. He has also lived through different historical periods of daylight saving time.

“I was born in 1942,” Heinbaugh says. “I remember when they discontinued it after the war, it didn’t make much change in my life since I was a child, but my parents, it did.”

The discussion about whether daylight saving time is necessary has been a topic of debate since 1966. A 1974 study found the energy conservation during daylight saving time was minimal, and in 2008 the Department of Energy found the reduction was 0.02%.

“I am tired of it, moving clocks back and forth,” Heinbaugh says.

Since 2015, at least 45 states have proposed legislation to change the observance of daylight saving time, including North Carolina, but it failed.

“A lot of people would like to see it made standard one way or another, and I predict in a few years it will be so, but we will see,” Heinbaugh adds.

Some congressional members are fighting for the Sunshine Protection Act. This would make daylight saving time permanent year-round across the country. It was introduced last year and referred to the committee on commerce, science, and transportation.