Daylight Saving Time – and for those asking, Wheres the s at the end of Saving?, it is Saving with no s at the end – began 238 days ago on March 10 and ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, when most of the United States turns back the clock one hour, to 1 a.m. For those who dont get enough sleep, its a chance to catch a little extra shut-eye. For people who cant get enough of ... you name it ... its a chance to do a little more of that. From Springfield, Massachusetts, to Springfield, Oregon, but not everywhere in between (According to the the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Daylight Saving Time is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the state of Arizona, with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation, which does observe DST) nows a good time to make sure you know how to set those clocks wherever they are – the stove, the microwave, the car, the VCR ... LOL, just making sure you were paying attention! In fact, a good percentage of our devices these days know enough to turn the clocks back themselves, including no doubt whatever youre using to read this. The Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology has a handy page of information about Daylight Saving Time here. It includes these rules: The rules for DST changed in 2007 for the first time in more than 20 years. The new changes were enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended the length of DST in the interest of reducing energy consumption. The new rules increased the duration of DST by about one month. DST will now be in effect for 238 days, or about 65% of the year, although Congress retained the right to revert to the prior law should the change prove unpopular or if energy savings are not significant. At present, Daylight Saving Time in the United States begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November So, theres no getting around it: Well have to give back Sunday mornings hour eventually. That day comes on March 9, 2014 – you can set your clock on it.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 00:40:13 +0000
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