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For decades, conventional wisdom has held that daylight-saving time reduces energy use. But a unique situation in Indiana provides evidence challenging that view: Springing forward may actually waste energy. Up until two years ago, only 15 of Indiana’s 92 counties set their clocks an hour ahead in the spring and an hour back in the fall. The rest stayed on standard time all year, in part because farmers resisted the prospect of having to work an extra hour in the morning dark. But many residents came to hate falling in and out of sync with businesses and residents in neighboring...

You know the drill! Set those clocks back!

At 2:00 a.m. local on Sunday, most of the United States (except Hawaii and Arizona) will leave daylight saving time behind and fall back an hour to standard time. The annoyance of resetting clocks (or forgetting to, and showing up an hour early for appointments on Sunday) may raise the question of why we bother with this rigmarole in the first place. Daylight saving time is most often associated with the oh-so-sweet extra hour of sleep in fall (and the not-so-nice loss of an hour in spring), but some of the original reasons for resetting our clocks twice a year...

TV Scheduling In America Has Overshadowed Natural Circadian Rhythms ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2008) — Most of the nation is once again readying itself for losing an hour of sleep with the arrival of Daylight Saving Time. This is a "shock" not only to those of us who value our sleep, but also (very temporarily) to all levels of the economy, from the individual to the world.... How did these man-made cues come about" Daylight Saving Time has its roots in the Standard Time Act of 1918; the DST component, which was a wartime energy-saving measure, was repealed after World War...

Scientists claim that the Earth is warming, and human activities such as driving SUV’s, and even cow flatulence are to blame. I believe I have finally discovered the real cause of global warming. The culprit is none other than Daylight Savings Time. Changing from standard to Daylight Time creates an additional hour of daylight while at the same time gives us one hour less of night. This gives the sun an extra hour to heat the Earth and reduces the amount of night time for the Earth to cool itself down. The result is a heating of the Earths surface....

Starting in the spring of 2007, daylight saving time (DST) start and end dates for the United States will transition to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DST dates in the United States will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November).

Millions of Americans will lose an hour's sleep Saturday night, as daylight savings time returns. Officially clocks should be moved ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, but most people will change their clocks before going to bed Saturday night. The lost hour will return October 29 when clocks fall back to standard time. Congress has passed a law changing the dates of daylight-saving time, from March 11 to November 4, but that doesn't take effect until 2007.

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...

NEW YORK (AP) -- When daylight-saving time starts earlier than usual in the United States come 2007, VCR or DVD recorders could start recording shows an hour late. Cell phone companies could give customers an extra hour of free weekend calls, and people who depend on online calendars may find themselves late for appointments. An energy bill President George W. Bush was to sign Monday would start daylight time three weeks earlier and end it a week later as an energy-saving measure. And that has technologists worried about software and gadgets that now compensate for daylight time based on a...

What time is it when the clock strikes half past 62? Time to change the way we measure time, according to a U.S. government proposal that businesses favor, astronomers abominate and Britain sees as a threat to its venerable standard, Greenwich Mean Time. Word of the U.S. proposal, made secretly to a United Nations body, began leaking to scientists earlier this month. The plan would simplify the world's timekeeping by making each day last exactly 24 hours. Right now, that's not always the case. Because the moon's gravity has been slowing down the Earth, it takes slightly longer than 24...

Snip: Indiana to observe daylight-saving time - effective April 2, 2006.

WASHINGTON - Break out the croquet set and set up the barbecue. Daylight-saving time was making its return this weekend. That meant pushing the clocks ahead — spring forward — to gain an hour of light in the evening for warm summer recreation. The official change was at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time. It's also a good time to replace batteries in smoke alarms, safety advocates urge. Daylight-saving time ends the last Sunday in October. Some parts of the country don't observe daylight-saving time. These include Arizona, Hawaii, the part of Indiana in the Eastern time zone, Puerto Rico, the...

As a resident of Indiana for the past six years I have rode the yearly roller-coaster of trying to get Indiana to observe Daylight Savings time. We are on Eastern time until April when our clocks are aligned with the Central time zone, and then in October we go back to Eastern. Can you imagine the constant confusion that we live with? Finally this year it had a real chance of passing. That was until the Democrats walked out on the session and refuse to vote. Time expired and the bill died. I have lived in Texas, California, New Jersey...

Daylight-Saving Time Is Back Apr 3, 2004 The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Daylight-saving time has returned. For most Americans, that meant setting clocks one hour ahead Saturday night. The official change came at 2 a.m. local time. Folks who forgot were an hour late Sunday for church, work or other events. Daylight-saving time lasts until Oct. 31. Safety officials suggest the annual ritual also is a good time to change batteries in smoke detectors to ensure they will work if needed. Some parts of the country don't observe daylight-saving time: Arizona, Hawaii, the part of Indiana in the Eastern...

WASHINGTON (AP) - For most of the nation it's time to fall back. For one night, the shift to standard time will give people an extra hour of sleep as clocks are set back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time. It also means this is the weekend that the millions who work overnight shifts are on the job an hour extra. For most people, though, it simply means having to remember to set the clock back an hour before retiring Saturday night. The time change is not taking place in Arizona, Hawaii, the part of Indiana in...

FALL BACK

<p>Standard time returns to most of America today. The hour of change was 2 a.m., local time, but most people made the change before hitting the sack last night and gained an extra hour of sleep. Daylight-saving time returns April 6.</p>

Boy, I hate daylight savings time for a ton of reasons. I hate getting up at 2 am sunday morning to change the batteries in my smoke detector. Oh, yes, if you try to change them early, or late, they detect that. And call the fire department. Since I've saved time all summer long, do you think the government will give me credit for it? Spring ahead, fall back. Now I have to remember a nursery rhyme to tell the time. This is dumb. Well not as dumb as "twinkle , twinkle, little star, now I wonder what time you...

Admit it, Saskatchewan has failed to convince the rest of Canada Daylight Savings Time (DST) is bad. No province has adopted DST only to revoke it later. The rest of Canada was treated to the wonders of "Saskatchewan Time" on federal election night in 1997 when our polling results were delayed until after results from British Columbia because of time zone confusion. More Saskatchewan people than ever conclude that for our own convenience, and to end the confusion of others, this should change. Switching to Central Daylight Time (CDT) in April, 2003 and returning to CST in October, 2003 would...

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