Don’t Forget — Spring Forward Sunday

I made it.

It is long (although a month shorter now) but I got through the long winter of central standard time and now we are set to get back top Daylight Saving Time, which brightens my spirit immeasurably! So now it is time to put the clocks forward one hour so that we have a longer evening sun.

Did you know that it was already time to move the clocks? Were you surprised to learn that Daylight Saving Time begins again this weekend? Here are some facts and figures about the time change:

1. On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Because of the Act, beginning in 2007, most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.

2. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this change to Congress. Congress retains the right to resume the 2005 Daylight Saving Time schedule once the Department of Energy study is complete.

3. The official spelling is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time, although ‘Savings’ is commonly used, and can be found in some dictionaries. ( I know I’ve always thought it was with the ‘s’)

4. For the U.S. and its territories, Daylight Saving Time is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and Arizona. The Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, even in Arizona, due to its large size and location in three states.

5. Daylight Saving Time saves energy. Studies done by the US Dept. of Transportation show that it trims the entrie country’s electricity usage by a small but significant amount, about 1% each day, because less electricity is used for lighting and appliances.

I don’t care who likes it or what it does —- it works for me!