It is that time of the year to move our clocks ahead 1 hour at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Just exactly how did all this start? The implementation of Daylight Saving Time has been fraught with controversy since Benjamin Franklin first conceived of the idea.
Since World War I. it was implimented in an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. The plan was not formally adopted in the U.S. until 1918. 'An Act to preserve daylight and provide standard time for the United States' was enacted on March 19, 1918
During World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt instituted year-round Daylight Saving Time, called “War Time,” from February 9, 1942 to September 30, 1945
While twins born at 11:55 p.m. and 12:05 a.m. may have different birthdays, Daylight Saving Time can change birth order -- on paper, anyway. During the time change in the fall, one baby could be born at 1:55 a.m. and the sibling born ten minutes later, at 1:05 a.m. In the spring, there is a gap when no babies are born at all: from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
Beginning in 2007, most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November.
It almost seems obscene and ridiculous to change the clocks here in Buffalo. We are buried in about 2' of snow. It doesn't quite seem the weather to introduce the warmer and longer days of Spring.
But wherever you are, don't forget to move your clocks ahead or you might just be late for church in the morning.
Answer to yesterday's trivia question: What does the A & W stand for in A & W root bear. It stands for the last names of the inventors of it: Allen and Wright.
Today's trivia question: In 1859, the beginning of a major food store chain was created. What was that chain?
Thought for the Day: If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.
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