Posted on 03/06/2025 7:42:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Like it or not, it’s almost that time again—when we sacrifice an hour of sleep but gain extra sunlight in the evening.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is just around the corner, bringing the annual ritual of setting clocks ahead one hour. The time shift happens in March, marking the transition to longer, brighter days as we move closer to spring.
So, when exactly do we “spring forward”? This year, Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9. That’s when clocks jump ahead by an hour—meaning sunrise and sunset will each occur later in the day compared to Saturday, March 8.
The idea behind DST is simple: by shifting an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening, we maximize natural light and cut down on artificial lighting use. While it may take a few days for sleep schedules to adjust, many people welcome the extended daylight hours.
Despite common misconceptions, the tradition didn’t start because of farmers. The idea of changing clocks to make better use of daylight dates back centuries, with Germany first adopting DST during World War I as an energy-saving measure. The United States followed suit in 1918, and after several adjustments over the years, the current system was signed into law in 2005. Today, DST begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
And in case you were wondering—it’s Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time (despite how often the latter is mistakenly used).
So don’t forget: when you go to bed on Saturday night, March 8, set your clocks ahead one hour to avoid any morning confusion. The extra evening daylight will be here before you know it!
Silly Scrambled Bob!
It depends where you are in the country or your position east or west within your timezone.
For example, I am in NH. I do not care if it is light at 5:30 AM. I would rather have it light later into the evening. Which is why I prefer DST. People in down east Maine probably agree with me even more.
However, in MI it does not get light until 8am. It stays light until after 10pm in the summer. They MAY want it to be more light in the morning.
I have been in Boise in early July when I had to close the curtains because it was light until 10:30 pm.
SO, MY solution is to SPLIT the difference 1/2 hour and stay on that all year long for the entire country.
My ‘body clock’ is naturally attuned to “standard time”. Changing the clocks one hour ahead every spring messing with me and causes me several WEEKS, if not MONTHS, to adjust. I feel tired, get even LESS sleep (because the sun is up ‘longer’, keeping me awake), and is just an annoyance.
The “savings” from not using the lights is negated by the higher use of HVAC during the summer, anyway, so it’s 100% a waste.
In my area, they still go to school at dark with standard time.
I live right smack in the middle of Eastern Time Zone (75° W), so at noon, I ought to be able to look up and see the Sun at its highest point.
Stupid congress.
I prefer DST, but would be fine with Standard Time also. I just want them to pick one of their other. Twice a year I go through stupid stuff trying to adjust to an arbitrary change. Takes me about a week each time to adjust.
I wish they would just pick one, and stick with it! No more changing clocks!
The DST really is a senseless act that should have done away with a long time ago. What problems does it help? None that I can see, but it definitely creates many & twice a year at that. I fail to understand why Congress hasn’t done away with this snseless act when it would be so easy to do. Why are they holding out? Who does it help & how?
I’m OK with time zones being established at a federal level, because they do extend across state lines (and quite a few states are in two different zones), but DST should be left to the states. What people in northern states prefer might be different from what is better in the south. The question of DST shouldn’t be part of any federal laws regarding time zones.
I'm surprised the envirowackos haven't already made that move.
Nope, leave it up to the individual states. Maybe all of them will decide to do the half-hour thing, though I doubt it.
I’m for keeping standard time.
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I was shocked to read in the article that they blame the farmers when farmers are the strongest advocates against the socialist DST construct. After all they work from dusk to dawn regardless of what the clock says. Only socialist would be so presumptuous as to fool around with the clock. I hate the stupid ritual of having to change my watch and all the clocks in the house twice a year for this cockamamy reason. Let’s standardize standard time.
You and the rest of us.
Just change your rise and bed times to suit yourself.
Other way around if you want to emulate DST. Get up at 7 AM instead of 8AM.
Yes indeed. Much better schedule all around. I especially like it in hockey playoffs, East coast games need to get to the 5th overtime before they start impinging on my sleep.
Theoretically, this should be done with some regard to Zulu time.
Love DST, don’t care about driving to work in the dark, have to do that on standard time in Michigan winters. But with DST I can actually do something outside after work in the sunlight.
Maybe everyone should just adopt GMT, and then just synchronize their daily schedule with sunrise/sunset. Just like in olden times, but with clocks as needed.
Did not Trump say he was for eliminating time change?
The NH state house voted to keep it the same a couple years ago. However, Sununu(governor) would not change it unless the Commonwealth of MA also changed it.
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