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WASHINGTON -- Prepare to set your clocks back one hour on Saturday night because Daylight Savings Time is coming to an end. Daylight Savings officially ends at 2 a.m. on October 30th. Federal law does not require states to observe Daylight Savings, but those that do must abide by the rules. From 1986 to 2006 the period has been the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. In August of this year, Congress passed a bill extending Daylight Savings. Starting in 2007, it will be observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in...

HERE WE GO AGAIN.... Reminder to move clocks ahead one hour this weekend. Those of you in Hawaii, Arizona, and most of Indiana --- Never mind.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid nippy autumn air and a gathering of Halloween ghosts and goblins, most of the nation is preparing to set clocks back an hour with the return of standard time. The clocks change officially at 2 a.m. Sunday, but most people will do it before going to bed Saturday night. That shifts an hour of light from evening to morning as trick-or-treaters make their rounds Sunday night. Daylight-saving time returns the first Sunday in April 2005.

PEOPLE who are pressed for time often complain that clocks rule their lives. But for most electronic devices, the claim is absolutely true. Vibrations from tiny quartz crystals act like a metronome, producing precise time pulses that, among other things, keep the various operations of microchips in step. Variations of quartz oscillators are used in everything from the least expensive digital wristwatch to complex battlefield navigation gear. But various external factors, particularly heat, can alter the precision of their time beats. Atomic clocks, which rely on the oscillations of atoms, not quartz crystals, are far more precise. But the smallest...

It's that time of year again...time to change clocks for most of the US...take a moment to also change batteries in things like smoke & CO detectors, and if you're diabtec - change the battery in your glucose meter...and if you have any other battery powered devices around the house to protect your saftey & health, check those and see if they need to be changed.

Just a FRiendly Reminder. Turn your clock one hour ahead this weekend. Otherwise you will be one hour late for everything effective Sunday morning. Those of you in Hawaii, Arizona, and most of Indiana (you know who you are), never mind.

Just a friendly reminder: At 2:00 am (local time) on Sunday, 27 October 2002, turn your clocks back one hour. This does not apply to our friends in Hawaii, most of Indiana, most of Arizona, and a few other places (you know who you are).