However, Daylight Saving Time also serves as a reminder to do another important task and change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

The state fire marshal is reminding Ohioans to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they move the clocks forward this weekend.

The Change Your Clock Change Your Battery program urges all Americans to adopt a simple, lifesaving habit: changing smoke detector and carbon monoxide batteries when the clocks change in the fall ...

Daylight saving time ends Nov. 4, and as residents move clocks back one hour, safety officials say it's a good time to change the batteries in smoke detectors.

But one facet of the time change that isn't automatic is that smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries still need to be changed.

Never “borrow” a smoke detector’s battery for another use. Change batteries twice per year or if a detector “chirps” to signal low battery power.

Smoke detectors are essential in your home and can’t work without batteries.

Smoke detectors should be checked at least twice a year, with the beginning and ending of daylight saving time acting as a good reminder of the task.

Ohio Fire Marshal Larry Flowers says its good practice to change smoke-detector batteries when the clocks change twice a year. If smoke detectors are more than 10 years old, he advises replacing them.

However, Daylight Saving Time also serves as a reminder to do another important task and change the batteries in your smoke detectors. Fire departments across the country are sending out a reminder.

Daylight saving time ended on Sunday. If you forgot to replace your smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries, why not replace them today?