Daylight Savings Time Ends This Weekend

Daylight Savings Time is ending this weekend. Do you move your clock up one hour or back one hour? Here is what you should do and why do we do it anyway.When you ask the question, why do we do this? The response you will probably get it something to do farmers needing more light or something?

Daylight Savings Time began during World War I to help save energy by giving people more daylight to get things done, and thus not having to use more electric. It was primarily observed during times of war,  but became the “thing” to do again in 1966, with a few changes here and there, to what we now observe as changes made in March and November.

To answer the question of which direction to move the clock this weekend, remember the annoying phrase, “Spring up, Fall back”, resist the urge to smack someone when you hear them say it, and know that in the Spring you move the clock ahead (aka lose an hour of sleep) and Fall back (gain a blissful hour), so Saturday night before you go to bed, set those clock back one hour and hope that the rest of the house lets you get that extra hour of sleep. For those who want to be prepared for next year, the Daylight Savings Time changes will occur on March 8^th and November 1, 2015.

States that do not observe Daylight Savings Time, Arizona and Hawaii.