Reminder: Time to fall back an hour
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans will be able to get an extra hour of sleep this weekend thanks to the annual shift back to standard time.
Officially, the change occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, but most people will set their clocks back before hitting the sack Saturday night.
Remember, it's fall back an hour. Otherwise, you'll be an hour early on Sunday for church, golf, brunch or whatever.
Residents of Hawaii, most of Arizona and some U.S. territories don't have to change since they do not observe daylight-saving time.
Public safety officials say this is also a good time to put a new battery in the smoke alarm, no matter where you live.
Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. local time the second Sunday in March.
Officially, the change occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, but most people will set their clocks back before hitting the sack Saturday night.
Remember, it's fall back an hour. Otherwise, you'll be an hour early on Sunday for church, golf, brunch or whatever.
Residents of Hawaii, most of Arizona and some U.S. territories don't have to change since they do not observe daylight-saving time.
Public safety officials say this is also a good time to put a new battery in the smoke alarm, no matter where you live.
Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. local time the second Sunday in March.
Screw this yearly time warp crap. Let's do what Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have done and 86 this archaic ritual.
Guess I'll have to watch the same hour of 24 again. ;)
I think we should leave it on summer time all the time. I like having extra daylight in the evenings after work or whatever.Â
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@KHÂ Â Â But then the little ones would be at the bus stop in the dark.
Originally incorporated for farmers who were a majority and now make up 1% of the population, this archaic practice needs to go away. It has no benefit and is an arbitrary tradition.
 @jelisized Wow!!! First the rich and now farmers are part of 1% too? 1% gets crowded day by day :DÂ
 @NickM1979  @jelisized Perhaps all farmers are millionaires. :)
@jelisized
During World War I, in an effort to conserve fuel, Germany began observing DST on May 1, 1916. As the war progressed, the rest of Europe adopted DST. The plan was not formally adopted in the United States until the Standard Time Act of March 19, 1918, which established standard time zones and set summer DST to begin on March 31, 1918. The idea was unpopular, however, and Congress abolished DST after the war, overriding President Woodrow Wilson's veto.[citation needed] DST became a local option and was observed in some states until World War II, when President Franklin Roosevelt instituted year-round DST, called "War Time", on February 9, 1942. It lasted until the last Sunday in September 1945. The next year, many states and localities adopted summer DST.[3]
From 1945 to 1966, there was no federal law regarding daylight saving time, so states and localities were free to choose whether to observe it, and could choose when it began and ended. By 1962, the transportation industry found the lack of nationwide consistency in time observance confusing enough to push for federal regulation. This drive resulted in the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-387). Beginning in 1967, the act mandated standard time within the established time zones and provided for advanced time: clocks would be advanced one hour beginning at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in April and turned back one hour at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. States were allowed to exempt themselves from DST as long as the entire state did so. If a state chose to observe DST, the time changes were required to begin and end on the established dates. In 1967, Arizona and Michigan became the first states to exempt themselves from DST (Michigan would begin observing DST in 1972). In 1972 the act was amended (P.L. 92-267), allowing those states split between time zones to exempt either the entire state or that part of the state lying within a different time zone. The newly created Department of Transportation (DOT) was given power to enforce the law. As of 2012, the following states and territories are not observing DST: Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.[3]
 @jelisized Ignorance must be the warmest blanket for you. DST has several uses one of which is to make better use of the available daylight, also as an energy saving technique until the mid 70's, and more. It has nothing to do with the 1%.
 @DarkRenegade  @jelisized Um.......no.
 @DarkRenegade First, it's evident you're not much of a debater because you immediately get personal with your response. It is possible to have a discussion without personal attacks. It's also not a good idea to lead in that way, especially when you're wrong.
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DST was indeed made for farmers because when it was incorporated, a majority of the population farmed (hence 99% then versus 1% currently). You seem to contradict yourself by saying it makes better use of daylight, but then say it has nothing to do with the 1% of the population that farms. Aren't most farms outside? Additionally, just for you, I found a study that supports what I wrote. The energy savings in the afternoons and evenings are offset by the added use of electricity in the mornings. Also, more fatalities occur after DST is switched in the fall.
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http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html
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