It’s getting dark pretty early. Here’s how to stay active outdoors while in standard time

LOS ANGELES — It’s the least wonderful time of the year — at least for many who favor late-in-the-day recreation.

Earlier this month, for reasons no one can seem to keep straight, time snapped back an hour. Just like that, we lost an hour of precious daylight and were delivered to the relative darkness of standard time. (It’s 5:45 p.m. as I write this newsletter and it’s pitch black outside.)

Even prior to the rollback, the shortening days following the summer