Daylight Savings 2017

Surprising Things About Springing Forward

... one hour as mandated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Some will gripe about losing an hour of sleep, while others are excited about the extra hour of daylight in the afternoons that DST affords. Daylight saving time (not "savings") has been a contentious issue worldwide since it was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. Dreading the time change? Here are a few tips to make it a bit easier. (National Weather Service). Here are a few surprising things about the time change and the ripple effects caused by it. *Railroads helped start more uniform time zones in the U. S., voting in 1883 to adopt a standard time. *Before railroad time, cities used to set their own time, leading to confusion, especially when traveling. At one time there were 100 railroad time zones in the U. S. alone. *Although the railroads adopted standard time in 1883, it was not made the ...

Daylight Saving 2017 Horoscope, Astrology Dst Effects

... on March 12 this year), springing forward can even throw off your astrological identity. Astrologers determine your sun, moon , and ascendant signs (the three main astrological signs in Western astrology) by drawing up your birth chart , which is basically a snapshot of the celestial bodies' placement in the sky at the moment you were born. In order to create an accurate chart, they need to know where you born and your exact time of birth. Here's where DST can gum up the works, particularly in terms of your ascendant sign. The ascendant sign is the sign on the Eastern horizon when you were born. Each sign spends about two hours on the horizon , and shifts one degree every four minutes. In other words, just a slight difference in when you were born can have a major impact on the nature of your ascendant sign. If daylight saving time isn't taken into account (and you were born on or around the ...

When Is It Time To Spring Forward

... you love or hate it, if you live in Illinois, DST begins Sunday so you'll need to change your clocks. While you're at it, it's a good time to change the batteries on your smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector. The Illinois Fire Safety Alliance urges residents to use this weekend as an opportunity to make sure they're protected against fires. “Installing and maintaining smoke alarms is the single most important thing you can do to protect yourself and your home against fire,” said Philip Zaleski, executive director of the IFSA. “The IFSA encourages the public to make use of 10-year alarms, which cannot be easily switched off. Such alarms are instrumental in preventing tragedies that are seen in the news on a weekly basis.". The IFSA said deaths and injuries can be prevented by simply remembering to change the batteries on your smoke alarm and CO detector. "Three of every five home fire deaths occurs in a home without a smoke alarm or working smoke alarms, and the vast majority of these ...

Daylight Saving Time Spring Forward 2017

... time will change on March 12, 2017 at 2 a.m. Residents of Hawaii, most of Arizona and some U. S. territories don’t need to fiddle with their clocks because those places don’t observe daylight saving time. After Congress added an extra month to Daylight Saving Time in 2007 – starting it three weeks earlier in the spring (the second Sunday in March) and ending it one week later in the fall (the first Sunday in November) – we now spend almost 70 percent of our days each year with an extra hour of light at the end of the day. Originally, when Daylight Saving Time was established in the United States by a federal standard in 1967, it lasted for six months. The premise sold to legislators: energy conservation. An extra hour of sunlight for half the year meant less time with the lights on inside. The gasoline and retail lobbying efforts had more to do with it than anything, however, and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce was the strongest force behind the movement. ...

Sunday Night’s Daylight Saving Time Change Could Affect Road Safety

... I never look forward to it. I like to fall back.”. RELATED: Bills put daylight saving time on the chopping block in Texas. But Ben Johnson says, “I like it when it’s in effect. Always hate, you know, going back to the darker evenings and when you go to work and never getting to see daylight and spend time outside. So I’m excited about it. Wish that it wouldn’t keep changing back and forth.”. Summer Winslow of Columbia agrees. “I’m excited because, basically, when I get off work it’s not dark and I get to enjoy more time outside with my little boy.”. Daylight saving time (make sure you don’t add an “s” at the end of “saving”) was first used in Germany during World War I as a way to save electricity. It started there on April 30, 1916. A few weeks later, the United Kingdom also adopted what it called “summer time.” The United States then adopted daylight saving time on March 31, 1918. Daylight saving time was repealed in 1919 after the war was over, largely at the urging of farmers. While a lot of people think daylight saving time was passed to help farmers, they were actually opposed to it. ...

This Is When The Clocks Go Forward

... in 2017. This year, March 26 marks the start of British Summer Time and clocks will go forward by one hour – meaning that there’s more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings. The Summer Time Act of 1916 was passed by Parliament and the first day of British summer was reported as May 21, 1916. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) will resume from the last Sunday in October (October 29 this year) – when the clocks go back one hour again. To avoid confusion, many use the phrase “spring forward in spring, fall back in fall” to remember when the clocks change. What time do the clocks change. On Sunday March 26 at 1 am in the morning, the clocks will go forward one hour signalling the start of British Summer Time (BST). This will mean getting a whole hour less in bed but will mean that there will be more daylight in the evenings. Thankfully many devices that are connected to the internet like tablets and phones will automatically update to the new time, but it is best to check to avoid getting caught out. Barclaycard presents British Summer Time ...

Don’t Forget To Spring Ahead Into Daylight Saving Time This Weekend

... time. Benjamin Franklin first thought up the idea of daylight saving in 1784. It wasn’t instituted until World War I, when it went into effect to save energy used for lights. The Standard Time Act established time zones and daylight saving in 1918, but it was short-lived. Daylight saving was repealed the following year. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established Daylight Saving Time throughout the United States and gave states the option to exempt themselves. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not follow Daylight Saving Time. Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa also skip out on the clock-changing fun. In 1974 and 1975, Congress extended daylight saving to save energy during the energy crisis. In 2007, Daylight Saving got a few weeks longer, running from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November. About 70 countries around the world observe daylight saving, but many countries near the equator do not. It’s not universally popular, though. Farmers note that ...

5 Tips To Surviving Daylight Saving Time. And Honestly, Why Is This Still A Thing

... revolution won’t happen overnight. So to get us through this war — that’s still going on unlike another certain war that got us into this whole mess — Wright offered these simple tips. Remember everyone, take this one battle at a time. “The first thing we need to think about is as a society do we really need to do this anymore?” he asked. OK, I may be harping on this point a bit too much but this was legitimately his first piece of advice. Start going to bed and waking up 30 minutes earlier a couple of days ahead of the switch. Gradually dim your lights earlier at night to help reset your internal clock. Get out into the sunlight first thing in the morning to continue resetting that circadian clock. Wright suggested taking a morning walk. Be careful when you drive to work. The morning is already the most dangerous time on the road, he said. ...

Alberta Could Get Rid Of Daylight Saving Time

... in the rest of Canada. Shaffer, a C. D. Howe Institute fellow-in-residence, found a range of energy-use fluctuations around the country. B. C. and Nova Scotia power consumption drops after the spring-forward, and New Brunswick behaves more like Alberta. This effect is significant, says Shaffer. Moving to year-round standard time would equal the savings of all Alberta home switching light-bulbs to more efficient LEDs, or up to $50 million. But if the province goes the other way, as the NDP seems to prefer, electricity usage would head in the opposite direction. It would be a curious call for a government ushering in a suite of efficiency measures, including an LED home-installation program. Dang is fashioning his defence, saying the government-plugged shift off conventional bulbs will diminish the past consumption patterns of daylight time. “If ...