Oct 26 2009
Daylight Savings Time
My husband and I were talking about how awful it is to have to get out of bed when it is still dark outside. I thought it was going to be necessary to haul in some heavy duty industrial equipment to get his butt up this morning. LOL Usually, I am the one who pulls the covers over my head while crying 15 more minutes! Please! I hope that the change in time helps us. Did you know that, here in the United States, our time will be changing soon?
The U.S. begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. local time on the second Sunday in March and reverts to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. local time on the first Sunday in November. DST is not observed in Hawaii or Arizona, with the exception of the Navajo Nation, which does observe DST, even in Arizona. In 2009, DST starts on March 8 and ends on November 1. In 2010, DST starts on March 14 and ends on November 7.
Why do clocks change at 2:00 a.m. in the U.S.?
In the spring, clocks spring forward from 1:59 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.; in the fall, clocks fall back from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. The time was originally chosen because it minimized disruption. Most people were home at the fewest trains were running at 2:00 a.m. It is late enough to minimally affect bars and restaurants, and it prevents the day from switching to yesterday, which would be confusing. It is early enough that the entire continental U.S. switches by daybreak, and the changeover occurs before most early shift workers and early churchgoers are affected.
2 Responses to “Daylight Savings Time”
I have lived overseas for almost 2 years and my previous job requires me to follow US standard time to which of course is quite hard. Doing activities where most people sleep and sleeping while most people go to work – frankly is weird. Aside from that, DST requires for me to advance my clock 1 hr to match US EST and of course the first time I had to report on a meeting – I ended up late because I failed to remember DST!
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I’m morning person. I couldn’t tell you how many sunrises I’ve seen more then sunset.
But still it a adjustment to my bod.
Coffee is on.
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