It’s debatable whether DST saves energy or increases productivity, but “springing forward” and “falling back” have been linked to increased traffic accidents due to unfamiliar lighting in the morning or evening.
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“Shifting to Atlantic Time and never changing back would effectively make summertime daylight saving hours permanent, said Filippi, who made a public health case for his bill at a Rhode Island State House hearing this week.
If you’re struggling to go to sleep an hour earlier, you can try getting up an hour earlier in days before the start of DST instead.
By the way, it’s “daylight saving time”, not “daylight savings time”.
The change officially occurs at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, though many will change their clocks before heading to bed Saturday night. At 2 AM on March 13th you move the clock ahead to 3 AM.
Furthermore, extra day light means more time so spend money.
In 1748 Benjamin Franklin published a journal named “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light”, after he noticed Americans burning candles to stay up at night.
Another eyebrow-raising result of the study was that people with cancer were 25% more likely to have a stroke during DST compared to other time periods, and those over 65 years old were 20% more likely to have a stroke.
Below is the current correct clock for Eastern Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Eastern Time zone after the time change this morning.
However, the Navajo Nation in the northeast quarter of the state does observe daylight-saving time.
You can also help regulate your body’s sleep pattern this week by going to bed and waking up at the same time every day. People made all kinds of complaints when the USA first tried it during World War I, said University of Nebraska historian and Professor Emeritus Oliver Pollak. In Europe, clocks spring ahead on the last Sunday of March and fall back the last Sunday of October. Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United States during World War I in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October. Here’s what you need to know about iPhone Daylight Saving Time changes and warnings.
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“It’s well known that a small shift in time can have an impact on our body clock and our health, and the time change may cause sleepiness and fatigue”.
