Daylight saving time ends at 2 a. That's when local time will instantly become 1 a. The change also brings a downfall, since many people with traditional 9-to-5 office jobs will no longer see much daylight outside the office on weekdays until next spring. Here are 9 things to know about daylight saving time:.
It's daylight saving time not saving's or savings time. It's singular, no matter how people around you say the phrase. Since , daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. Previously, it had started on the last Sunday of April and ended on the last Sunday of October. It was not started to help America's farmers out. According to timeanddate. But Germany popularized daylight saving time after it first set the clocks forward on April 30, , to save coal during World War I.
Daylight saving time became a national standard in when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act, which was established as a way to continue to conserve energy.
They demanded an end to Daylight Saving Time, claiming that it benefited only office workers and the leisure class. The controversy put a spotlight on the growing gap between rural and urban dwellers. No fewer than 28 bills to repeal Daylight Saving Time had been introduced to Congress, and the law was removed from the books. American had tolerated Daylight Saving Time for about seven months. The subject did not come up again until after the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, , and the United States was once again at war.
Clocks were set one hour ahead to save energy. Inconsistent adherence to time zones among the states created considerable confusion with interstate bus and train service. To remedy the situation, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act in , establishing consistent use of Daylight Saving Time within the United States: Clocks were to be set ahead one hour on the last Sunday in April and one hour back on the last Sunday in October.
That was the rule, but some state legislatures took exception via a loophole that had been built into the law. Residents of Hawaii and most of Arizona did not change their clocks. Residents of Indiana, which straddles the Eastern and Central time zones, were sharply divided on Daylight Saving Time: Some counties employed it, some did not.
In , the U. Congress approved a bill to increase the period of Daylight Saving Time, moving the start to the first Sunday in April. The goal was to conserve oil used for generating electricity—an estimated , barrels annually. In , the entire state of Indiana became the 48th state to observe Daylight Saving Time. The current daylight saving period was established with the Energy Policy Act of , which went into effect in Today, most Americans spring forward turn clocks ahead and lose an hour on the second Sunday in March at A.
Some farmers point out that the Daylight Saving Time is deceptively misnamed. However, the practice has its detractors. Other experts insist that the extra hour of daylight reduces crime. As of March , an impressive 32 states have proposed bills to end the practice of switching clocks.
However, the legislation can only go into effect if the federal law changes. The Uniform Time Act would need to be amended to allow such a change. See the latest on which states have passed bills to put a stop to DST changes. As you can see, our Almanac readers are quite passionate about this topic!
End DST, stop messing with the animals schedules. Those that want to get up early can get up with the sun if they want. Mostly agree this practice is just another government intervention into citizens lives to show the control they have over the entire country. We are not at war, this is not , there is no evidence showing any savings or change to electric or gas usage, at least not on my electric or gas bills?!
Amend the old federal law and let us be free of at least this one effort by the government to control us. Thanks for reading. I personally think it is a waste of time. The amount of sunlight does not change whether you turn the clocks or not. I would rather stay on Standard Time year-round and this is mainly because I am an early riser.
I would rather have the sunlight in the morning and if we went to Daylight Saving year-around by the time we got into dark winter the sunrise would be very late in the morning here in Maryland. Please practice correct English. Thank you! I feel strongly that we should switch to constant Daylight Savings time--no more "standard time". Why have it get dark at ?? It feels like every fall we enter into this weird kind of hibernation where it seems dark most of the time.
DST does only 1 thing, it forces everybody to do everything an hour earlier whether they like it or not. IOW say you work a stereotypical job, during the summer you are actually working solar time. We don't need DST, many businesses already have seasonal changes to their operating hours, if a business wanted to open an hour early in the summer they should have been allowed to do it voluntarily.
It didn't have to be mandatory. The whole point of DST was so people would get up with the sun rise and then go to bed earlier at night to use less energy for lighting etc.
In my opinion there is absolutely no value for it to be dark at pm. People are driving home in the dark. Commute auto accidents increase dramatically. We should keep Day Light Savings time all year long. There is no reason not too. DST should have ended long ago! It disrupts sleep, and it's been proven that people have a hard time adjusting to the change in the spring, causing accidents and even health problems due to sleep deprivation. It serves no purpose except to disrupt the lives of every person in this country.
Who is the government to disrupt my natural internal clock which all animals follow? About 70 countries observe Daylight Saving Time. It starts on different dates elsewhere. Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.
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