Daylight Saving Time

Remember to. . .

Spring forward, Fall back

At 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, groggy Americans will either turn their clocks forward or back one hour, marking the beginning or the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST). See the DST Schedule below.

New Federal Law - Springing Forward in March, Back in November. In August 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that included extending Daylight Saving Time by about a month. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin the second Sunday of March and end on the first Sunday of November.

NOTE: For a "Quick Fix" for Daylight Saving Time for your computer, read Preparing and Patching for Daylight Saving Time (2007)!

If are as absent-minded as I am, please post a big stickie-note for yourself, somewhere where you can't miss it, to remind yourself that Daylight Saving Time begins and ends on Sunday morning at 2 a.m. I post mine on the TV, both as a reminder to set my clocks AND to set my VCR.

By the way, the official spelling is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time, although the latter flows more mellifluously off the tongue. Adding the "S" is not politically correct.

Saving is used here as a verbal adjective (a participle). It modifies time and tells us more about its nature; namely, that it is characterized by the activity of saving daylight. It is a saving daylight kind of time. Similar examples would be dog walking time or book reading time. Since saving is a verb describing a single type of activity, the form is singular. AND I digress!

The federal law that established "daylight time" in this country does not require any area to observe daylight saving time. But if a state chooses to observe DST, it must follow the starting and ending dates set by the law. From 1986 to 2006 this has been the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.

Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii and the territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa are the only places in the U.S. that do not observe DST but instead stay on "standard time" all year long. And if you've spent any time in the sweltering summer sun in those regions you can understand why residents don't need another hour of sunlight.

During DST, clocks are turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. Perhaps the following table might help! You may want to book mark this page for a handy reference.

Go to http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html or http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/ to learn more than you will ever care to know about Daylight Saving Time!

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