Daylight Savings Time will begin this Sun., March 12, at 2 a.m.

At 2 a.m. on Sunday, time will skip ahead one hour. From this point forward, days will begin to last longer as darkness descends later in the day.

Daylight Savings Time was established to help save energy and make better use of daylight.

Escambia County Extension Coordinator Anthony Wiggins said Monday that the time change affects farmers’ start times.

“For the most part, right now, they are in between crops,” Wiggins said about the farming season. “Unless they’ve got wheat or oats, they’re starting to prepare the ground for the coming growing season.”