Is it really daylight saving time this week? Didn't it used to be later in April? I'm still in hibernation mode.
Is there even any daylight to save at this point?
In any case on this Sunday sunset is closer to 7 p.m. in major U. S. Cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
The date I'm really looking for is spring (Sunday March 20). But daylight saving time will be with us for close to eight months until November 6.
I wish spring would last that long.
But.
In honor of daylight saving time (or at least to have a little fun with it), I found some facts and myth busters about daylight saving time in an article
- It's not daylight savings - it's daylight saving time.
- Benjamin Franklin is said to have suggested to Parisians they wake up earlier to save lamp oil in 1784. He was actually being satirical, not creating daylight saving time as many believe.
- Germans were the first to adopt daylight saving to save fuel during the first world war.
- Daylight Saving Time in the U. S. started in April and ended in October between 1986 to 2006 (see? What'd I tell you?) It was changed to March through November starting in 2007. (Ugh!)
- About 70 countries in the world observe Daylight Saving Time.
- Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and most of Arizona don't observe the time change.
- Apparently all these time changes can cause tremendous stress on body and soul. Various states keep making noises about sticking with daylight saving (but then schoolkids are at the bus stop in the dark, ish!) Plus Congress would have to revise the Uniform Time Act, and you know they can't do anything.
To learn more about daylight saving time, try these articles:
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