This weekend we spring forward for yet another time. I thought I’d share a bit of history about this tradition with you. It has been around since World War One and became more widely adopted in 1916. It is the practice of turning the clock ahead as warmer weather approaches and back as it becomes colder again. It is to give people one more hour of daylight in the evening during the warmer season of the year. Some say it should be called “daylight shifting time” because no daylight is actually saved. Countries in tropical climates do not observe DST and the actual months when the clock is set ahead and back differ between the northern and southern hemispheres. The US Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandated changes to DST by extending it 3 weeks earlier in the spring and one week later in the fall. One big assumption behind this change was that it would decrease the need for artificial light sources and thus save energy. Now…I am sure that you are now asking yourself what does mean for me? You lose an hour of sleep. You will find it staying lighter after you get off work at the end of the day. Perhaps your mood will improve. Maybe you will find yourself with more energy with more daylight. I think this is a good thing. Anyway, I choose to look at my glass of ice cold lemonade as half full. How about you?
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