Daylight Saving Time on Sunday: Don't be Caught Out
Daylight Saving Time commences this Sunday, and people across the nation are being urged not to be caught out!
The practice of setting clocks forward one hour in the spring began in 1918, during World War I. In that time, there was only one Standard Time zone and no need to switch between zones. The main benefit, of course, was to give soldiers and farmers more time to work.
It was forgotten and discarded immediately after the war but brought back with WWII. Congress passed law naming the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday of November as days to change clocks. The dates became part of the popular phrases: "spring forward" and "fall back."
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The majority of the United States will follow Sunday's guidelines and move ahead, but Indiana is a complex state. Indiana, for many years, refused to acknowledge Daylight Savings Time and instead did not bother changing its time with the rest of the states. There are those who are pushing for the state to recognize DST, but the majority of the state is happy to remain neutral and on "Indiana Time."
Indiana is not alone in wanting to ignore and not follow the DST guidelines. "Speaking for professional astronomers and planetarium and observatory directors, not to mention millions of amateur astronomers, we universally deplore it [DST}," explains Professor Jon Bell, astronomer at the Hallstrom Planetarium.
"You're not really 'saving' daylight," he noted. "You're simply grabbing an hour of daylight from the morning and dropping it into the evening. Shifting time still plays havoc with schedules and internal body clocks."
People are already talking about the time change; several media users are rather unhappy about the change. "Man when daylight savings time ends, I'm not gonna be happy," tweeted Sarah Epps. User Kristi noted, "so NOT looking forward to daylight savings time next weekend."
Others, however, are excited about the time change. "No matter what happens this week, it's a winner: Daylight Savings Time is back on the 11th. Yahtzee," tweeted Geoff LaTulippe.
"Next week is daylight savings time. The sun will be out longer and spring and summer will be just around the corner," added Pam Jones.
Whatever your feelings about the time change, don't be left behind!
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