Daylight Savings Time 2010 is Here
Don't Forget to Set Your Clocks One Hour Forward for Daylight Savings Time 2010
It would seem that this whole Daylight Savings Time 2010 was created just to confuse as many people as possible and make sure that twice a year we are late, or early, to our offices on Monday morning. It seem a little silly that for Daylight Savings Time every fall we gain an hour of time as we move our clocks back, and every spring we lose an hour of time as we move our clocks forward.
But Daylight Savings Time is not about just confusing us and our calendars and clocks. No Daylight Savings Time was actually started to save energy in the US, by extending daylight hours between April and October, during World War I so that the energy saved could be used by the production lines. In 1966 the Uniform Time Act was passed by Congress that required all states to recognize and standardize the length Daylight Standard Time.
Daylight Savings Time 2010 also means that during the next eight months the names of the time zones in the United States will change to reflect Daylight Savings Time 2010. This very confusing part of Daylight Savings Time 2010 means that:
Eastern Standard Time (EST) is now known as Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Central Standard Time (CST) is now known as Central Daylight Time (CDT).
Mountain Standard Time (MST) is now known as Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).
Pacific Standard Time (PST) is now known as Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Things got a little more confusing in 2007 based on the 2005 passage of the Energy Policy Act by Congress. This action extended Daylight Savings Time by four weeks starting on the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday in the month of November. The rationalization for the change was that with longer daylight hours the US would save approximately 10,000 barrels of crude oil a day. But we have this very hard to measure so knowing the real savings for the extended Daylight Savings Time is unknown.
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2 Comments
Post a CommentI can't stand the time change. It takes me weeks to adjust but at least Spring is easier.
A recent survey said most Americans can't stand Daylight Savings Time at all!! Apparently because most of us simply don't like getting out of bed an hour early! I think it's fascinating how much our opinions are based on our comfort. I mean it looks like DST started as a way to save millions of dollars during WW2 and it still saves us millions each year...Hey the problem is we never feel any personal gain so we'd rather just stay in bed. I learned some things I didn't know here.
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