Good morning, welcome to the second week of March which has fallen on a Sunday which is #FamilyDay for Charlie and I. March 10th is also Daylight Savings Time #DaylightSavings I don’t know about you but I’m glad were going into Daylight Savings Time because it brings longer days kickstarted by an hour less of sleep. I don’t know about you but I don’t want to lose a hour of sleep but it is what it is.
Daylight Savings Time has spurned plenty of debate over the years, many feel it adds unnecessary disruption to our circadian rhythms. Most recently, the Sunshine Protection Act aimed to make daylight saving time permanent beginning in the Spring 2023, but was stalled in the House, despite unanimously passing through the Senate. In the absence of nationwide movement, States are taking the matter into their own hands—at least 29 states considered legislation related to daylight saving time in 2023.
In the Spring, daylight savings begins, moving an hour of Sunlight from the morning to the evenings, allowing people to take advantage of the natural light during the supposedly warmer months. In the Spring, clocks will move forward by an hour at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March, making it 3 a.m. and making the day an hour shorter. In the fall, clocks jump back an hour at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November, making it 1 a.m and making the day an hour longer.
Roughly a third of the world participates in some form of clock changing, though the exact timeline varies by region.
Most U.S. States and Canada participate in daylight savings. The Uniform Time Act, passed in 1966, allowed States in the U.S. to choose whether they would participate in daylight savings. As a result, daylight saving time is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and most of Arizona, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The U.S. has practiced many different versions of daylight savings over the years. The practice began in 1918, but was repealed and re-established several times over the decades. It finally stuck during World War I and World War II, when it was adopted as an energy saving tactic. The Uniform Time Act standardized the practice across most of the Country.
In the United States, daylight savings lasts for eight months—starting on the second Sunday in March and ending on the first Sunday in November. These dates were established in 2005 by Congress
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
