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!
Government once again reminds the people who is really boss by requiring them to do a senseless act twice a year.
It will be a very happy day when this is eliminated.
I’m for keeping standard time.
You don’t “save” any daylight.
In before the I-want-DST-year-round comments. I like year-round standard time just fine here in Arizona.
You good with the sun coming up at 4:30am in the summer, or 8:30am in the winter?
As a sports fan I do like when the rest of the world shifts. Pacific Time is the best sports schedule, games over by 9.
In Florida it doesn’t make much sense to save any daylight..................
They tried that during the "energy crisis" in 1973 when Jimmy Crapper was president. Many people hated it and it was abandoned in 1974. One of the big gripes was that kids had to go to skool when it was still dark.
I don’t watch sports very much, but I never saw the need to switch time back and forth even before I moved to AZ. In any case, the decision of DST or not should be left to the individual states.
You mean the milking adjust time, MAD.
Why can’t these clowns end this instead of talking about it? What’s the hold up? Did one of the Judge Amys threaten to block the order?
In Arizona even less. During the summer, the sooner the sun goes down the better. I'm usually up before the sun anyway, summer or winter.
Sorry, my mistake, Tricky Dick was president in 1973.
Somebody has already set the clock back to winter in NorCal.
Government just trying to increase risks of skin cancer
There was NEVER any need to change any clocks. All the adjustment needed was, if anyone wanted, is and was to change schedules, not the clocks.
You think on March 9 you should get up at 9 am instead of 8 am, fine, do it, and as many as want to do the same, in your town, city, business, county, state, industry, that’s fine. But no one ever NEEDED to change the clocks.
My cat has no concept of Daylight Savings Time.
Same.
Noon is when the sun is directly overhead.
Or should be, anyway.
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