Daylight saving time ends this Sunday and the London Fire Department is reminding you to replace the old batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when you set your clocks back one hour.
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Researchers found there was a 10 percent increase in the risk of heart attacks in the two days after the clock is moved ahead on hour in March.
1945-1966 – There is no federal law regarding Daylight Saving Time. Most counties in Indiana did not observe daylight saving time until 2006 after a bill passed the Indiana legislature in April 2005. USA territories Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas also do not observe daylight saving time.
The study acknowledges a few drawbacks from a Daylight Saving Time extension. As the business runner of safety equipment company, he states that it is a major safety concern that dates back 20 years for Dieno. “But the potential benefits are nullified thereafter because people begin delaying their sleep time, which cancels out the advantage”, said Datta. The jump is attributed to sleep deprivation and the shift of ambient light from morning to evening.
So get ready for earlier sunrises… and earlier sunsets.
Daylight Saving Time is less than one day away!
When is Daylight saving time change end in my country? According to a 2008 Dept. of Energy study, US electricity use was decreased by 0.5% for each day of the extended daylight saving time, resulting in a savings of 0.03% for the year as a whole, King-TV reports.
The US government started moving into and out of “Daylight Saving Time” during World War I to copy the Germans, who said they were doing it to save fuel.
The motto to help remember how to reset clocks is “Spring forward, fall back”, established before the dominance of digital timepieces and when most clocks still had hands.
Daylight saving time is now implemented in over seventy countries worldwide and affects over a billion people each year. The change is automatic for most smartphones, computers, tablets and other digital devices.
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“What comes with less daylight is less opportunity for physical activity and more opportunity for low mood and more opportunity for weight gain as well, so these are elements we should be careful to compensate [for]”, she said.
