As convenient as it might be to use your phone as an alarm clock, standalone alarm clocks come with all kinds of features that can make waking up — or even going to sleep — a little less painful.

Don't think a lot about this one. Alarmo is a novelty clock, a fun musical gift for the room of a kid or a Nintendo superfan.

TL;DR: Nintendo's new alarm clock, Alarmo, can run the classic game Doom, as demonstrated by GaryOderNichts. The game runs ...

Learn more While most of our picks for the best alarm clock use beeps or music to wake you up, many people may opt for an alarm that doesn't rely on sound, including those who are deaf or hard of ...

A pair of Victorian novelty silver baby salt and pepper shakers by ThomasJohnson is available at Classic Design Furniture ...

While dark mornings are inevitable in winter, turning the clocks back gives us an extra hour of natural light. At least 15 minutes' exposure to natural daylight, as early as possible in the day ...

The twice-annual changing of the clocks will happen on Sunday, Nov. 3 as the clocks "fall back" an hour, a tradition that is observed by most, but not all Americans. The opposite will happen in ...

But if you're just after a novelty clock, then you can't really go wrong with the Alarmo, even if it's a bit pricey. Update: We've added a line to the above story highlighting the contribution of ...

The shift by an hour for daylight savings is a source of anxiety for parents wanting to keep their children to a sleep schedule (Credit: Getty Images) When the clocks go back for the winter after ...

Here's when daylight saving time ends, why clocks fall back, the Sunshine Protection Act and more. Taylor Swift and daylight saving time:'I only see daylight' -- DST ends hours after second ...

When daylight saving time begins in March, the clocks "spring forward" one hour, and when it ends in November, the clocks "fall back" one hour, meaning that next Sunday at 2:00 a.m., we must turn ...