Daylight Saving Time

Don't forget: this Sunday is the spring Daylight Saving Time. Don't forget to "spring forward" by setting your clocks one hour forward!

Did You Know?

• Benjamin Franklin first suggested adjusting clocks a couple times a year as a way to better sync shop schedules with the seasons, thus saving on lighting costs ("Daylight Saving Time," 2008).
• Though many countries have had some form of Daylight Saving Time since World War I, it only became widespread in the US with a federal regulation passed in 1966 ("Daylight Saving Time," 2005).
• US states can decide whether or not to participate in DST; Arizona and Hawaii are currently the only two states that do not ("Daylight Saving Time," 2008).
• In 2007, the US shifted the spring and fall dates for Daylight Saving Time in order to save energy. As a result, "the measure reduced U.S. energy consumption by 17 trillion Btu, enough to power 175,000 households for a year" (Hutchinson, 2009).

References

Daylight saving time. (2005). In The Crystal reference encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://ezp.lirn.net/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com/entry/cre/daylight_saving_time

Daylight saving time. (2008). In The Columbia encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://ezp.lirn.net/login?qurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.credoreference.com/entry/columency/daylight_saving_time

Hutchinson, A. (2009, March). Time tweak saves energy. Popular Mechanics, 186(3), 14. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.ezp-01.lirn.net/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA194473172&v=2.1&u=lirn_crevc&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w