Daylight saving time ends Sunday in the United States

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[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.

[Clinging Bitterly]

No doubt. I think we are affected more by the position we hold in our respective time zones. Six years ago we moved from the extreme west edge of the pacific time zone, to the east edge of the Mountain time zone (we are 1/2 mile from the NM/TX border). That, plus the fact that we moved several degrees lower in latitude, makes nightfall seem to come a lot earlier for us in the summertime. We do get more daylight in the winter than we had in Oregon but it is still shifted by about an hour.

So everything is just weird and I don't know if we'll ever get used to it.

[LouAvul]

Owned. Dude, that’s like the oldest joke in the book.

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

Except here in AZ, HEH HEH.

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

This is the best time in AZ. HEH HEH

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

Everything is blooming here in AZ. Yuma, Ariz., is the sunniest city in the United States, with the sun shining an average of 90 percent of the time, according to the National Climatic Data Center. This desert city also has the distinction of being the least humid and having fewer days of precipitation than any other U.S. city.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The most depressing thing about this country is Standard Time. Prepare for doom!

Combined General and Maryland “Freak State” PING!