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Day Light Energy Time - Spring Forward

Day Light Energy Time – Spring Forward

TO DO LIST:
- Change the smoke-alarm battery
- Turn the clocks
- VCR/DVD clock
- Alarm clock
- Wrist watch
- Your car's clock
- Oven clock
- Microwave clock
- Change the light blub
- Inspect vehicle lights
- Clean headlights
- Rotate bed mattress
- Rotate rugs



Time Saving Timeline

1784 – Benjamin Franklin, when serving a U.S. minister to France, wrote an article recommending earlier opening and closing of shops to save the cost of lighting.

1883 – Instituted in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads.

1907 – In England, William Willett began to urge the adoption of daylight saving time.
WWI – During World War I the plan was adopted in England, Germany, France, and many other countries.

March 19, 1918 – Established in U.S. Law by the Act of March 19, 1918, sometimes called the Standard Time Act. The act also established daylight saving time, a contentious idea.

Feb. 9, 1942 to Sept. 20, 1945 – In World War II, national daylight saving time was re-established by law on a year-round basis. After the war, its use varied among states and localities.

1966 – The Uniform Time Act of 1966 provided standardization in the dates of beginning and end of daylight time in the U.S. but allowed for local exemptions from its observance. The act provided that daylight time begins on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October, with the changeover to occur at 2 a.m. local time.

1973-74 – National year-round daylight saving time was adopted as a fuel-saving measure during the energy crisis of the winter.

Late 1974 – Standard time was reinstituted for the winter period.

1987 – Federal legislation fixed the period of daylight saving time in the United States as the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.

2007 – Under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, it is extended from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

Of note: Arizona and Hawaii do not use daylight saving time.