Localities decided when to start and when to stop the time change, or not have it at all.
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So Congress passed the Uniform Time Act in 1966 to standardize daylight saving time.
Prepare to lose an hour of sleep Sunday because our clocks are springing forward.
The tradition was first proposed by Ben Franklin while he was on diplomatic duty in France in the 1700s. The new Presidio iPhone 7 cases use upgraded material to deliver better shock protection while arriving in a thinner design.
The formal switch to daylight saving time began in World War I, when Germany adjusted the clocks to save coal for the war effort. As a result, it’s singled out on the time-setting sub-menus for phones and other smart devices.
Elgin County and its communities have therein have toed the line with Ontario since DST was instituted in 1918, along with the United States. Some 76 countries conduct the practice today.
And when Americans wake up an hour earlier on cold March mornings, they crank up their heaters.
Mike DeShazo, president of the West Texas Astronomy Club said, “If you’re asking me do I like Daylight Savings Time, no I do not”. These electricity savings generally occur during a three- to five-hour period in the evening. Yet dozens of studies around the world have found that changing the clocks has either minuscule or non-existent effects on energy use.
While many have told Honeyford they want to see the twice-yearly clock-switching ritual go away, he said they would prefer to keep daylight hours shifted toward evenings. Clocks were to be set ahead on the second Sunday of March, instead of the first Sunday of April and clocks were to be set back on hour on the first Sunday of November instead of the last Sunday of October. Luckily your phones, computers and vehicle will likely change the time for you, but just in case you have any wall clocks or other non-wifi timekeepers, it’s probably a good thing to keep in mind!
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Unfortunately, Dr. Praveen Rudraraju-medical director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital-has asserted that prevention may not work for everyone and many will still have trouble adjusting to the change.
