Posted on 11/05/2016 7:56:55 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. local time.
Germany began observing DST on May 1, 1916 during WWI to conserve fuel. The Standard Time Act of March 19, 1918, began on March 31, 1918cinvthe U.S. The idea was unpopular and Congress abolished DST after the war. President Franklin Roosevelt re-instituted year-round DST, calling it "War Time", on February 9, 1942 that lasted until the last Sunday in September 1945.
Until 1966 there was no federal law on daylight saving time, so localities could choose to participate or not.
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-387). In 1967, the act mandated standard time within the established time zones and provided for advanced time: clocks would be advanced one hour beginning at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in April and turned back one hour at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. States were allowed to exempt themselves from DST as long as the entire state did so. If a state chose to observe DST, the time changes were required to begin and end on the established dates.
In 1972 the act was amended to allow states split between time zones to exempt either the entire state or that part of the state lying within a different time zone. The newly created Department of Transportation (DOT) was given power to enforce the law.
In before the cranks!!!!
I love the sun staying out so long in summer. It’s one of the best thing congress did in the last 60 years
Change your clock on Sunday, change your country on Tuesday.
Clever boy! I love it.
That’s one extra hour to get out the vote, and remind people why it’s crucial to vote for Trump.
Remember that the IRS will enforce Obamacare. As costs explode, the IRS will be their collection agency. It’s a nightmare. That fact alone could push Trump over the top.
heading into the stretch of my least favorite months.
Can’t wait till April.
Getting to old to think this way.
ugh....
I wish they would abandon the practice. All that needs be done is to change the time people go into and leave work during those “saved” time periods.
Daylight Savings Time Song — This is a pretty catchy tune.
Thanks for the reminder. It’s about time.
I remember they extended it during the Oil embargo, walking to school in the pitch black when it was 20 below was lots of fun. But they did sell tons of reflective tape
You said it! Going to work in the dark, crappy weather. Coming home in the dark, crappy weather. Bah!
I love it.
Pick one or the other, I don’t care and just leave it there!
Old Indian saying, “White man crazy to think he can cut foot off one end of blanket and sew it on other end of blanket and have more blanket..” Strangely, here in Arizona its only the Native American Reservation in the Northeast part of the state that observes DST. The rest of AZ does not. Vote Trump anyway.
Second it.
Pretty much Trump has won just for that alone. Obamacare is pretty much is DEAD.
Agreed
May it end forever.
I like morning light.
I like noon with sun overhead.
And I like consistent clocks.
Multi page rant against DST resisted.
If only we could cut a decade off our teenage years and add them back yesterday...
The IRS will start taking it right out of your paycheck....You can bet on it.
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