But pay attention to any of your electronic devices that have clocks on them, such as smart phones and fitness trackers – your devices might be set up to automatically adjust their time. It is always the second Sunday in March, and begins on Sunday March 13 at 2 a.m.
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At least one downtown business may stand to gain from the return of Daylight Saving Time – specifically, its customers’ attempts to cope with it.
The notion of remaining on daylight time is especially appealing to folks in eastern New England who are dismayed after the switch in early November as darkness falls by 4 for week after week in mid-winter. Currently, the majority of Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. But the new Speaker of the Assembly, Anthony Rendon, says he supports Daylight Saving Time. “Having daylight saving makes the light more practical, so you don’t have to wake with the chickens”.
The bottom line: We’re getting close to eight months a year of daylight time anyway.
It’s possible, though, the time-changing rhetoric may have a point after all.
A 2008 U.S. Department of Energy study reported that daylight saving time reduces annual energy use by about 0.03%.
Bless it or curse it, Daylight Savings Time strikes again on Sunday, and citizens of 48 states must turn their clocks forward and sacrifice one hour of sleep to save energy through the summer. Here’s everything you need to know about daylight saving time beginning this year. People with cancer were 25-percent more likely to experience stroke, according to the study, and people over 65 were 20-percent more likely to have a stroke.
There are ways you can prepare for the time transition to help reduce these risks.
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A 2014 Rasmussen poll found that a declining percentage of adults in the United States – 33% – think daylight saving time is “worth the hassle”.
