Well the RTC module has been working quite well for some time now, I've only encountered one issue: Daylight savings time. I figured I could just recompile the program on my computer and count on it working like it has in the past, grabbing the time off my computer, which does account for daylight savings time. Unfortunately though, the serial monitor displays the time an hour ahead when I try to re-upload the program.
My solution in the meantime is to change the times for 'sunrise' (dim on) and 'sunset' (dim off) accordingly, which I suppose works, however I was wondering if there was an easier way of doing this?