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2/9/2009, 08:01 AM
February 9, 1942: Daylight saving time instituted
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67 years ago on this day in 1942, Congress pushes ahead standard time for the United States by one hour in each time zone, imposing daylight saving time--called at the time "war time."
Daylight saving time, suggested by President Roosevelt, was imposed to conserve fuel, and could be traced back to World War I, when Congress imposed one standard time on the United States to enable the country to better utilize resources, like reduced use of electric lights during the workday, following the European model.
The 1918 Standard Time Act was meant to be in effect for only seven months of the year--and was discontinued nationally after the war. But individual states continued to turn clocks ahead one hour in spring and back one hour in fall.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2559/usdaylightsavingsex4.jpg
WWI-era poster extolling the virtue of DST.
The World War II legislation imposed daylight saving time for the entire nation for the entire year. It was repealed Sept. 30, 1945, when individual states once again imposed their own "standard" time.
It was not until 1966 that Congress passed legislation setting a standard time that permanently superceded local habits.
Under current US law, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time. These dates were established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005).
That works out to "spring forward" on March 8 this year.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2266/uskcdaylightsavingtimeya3.gif
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5648/usdaylightsavingtimecosnr8.jpg
67 years ago on this day in 1942, Congress pushes ahead standard time for the United States by one hour in each time zone, imposing daylight saving time--called at the time "war time."
Daylight saving time, suggested by President Roosevelt, was imposed to conserve fuel, and could be traced back to World War I, when Congress imposed one standard time on the United States to enable the country to better utilize resources, like reduced use of electric lights during the workday, following the European model.
The 1918 Standard Time Act was meant to be in effect for only seven months of the year--and was discontinued nationally after the war. But individual states continued to turn clocks ahead one hour in spring and back one hour in fall.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2559/usdaylightsavingsex4.jpg
WWI-era poster extolling the virtue of DST.
The World War II legislation imposed daylight saving time for the entire nation for the entire year. It was repealed Sept. 30, 1945, when individual states once again imposed their own "standard" time.
It was not until 1966 that Congress passed legislation setting a standard time that permanently superceded local habits.
Under current US law, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time. These dates were established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005).
That works out to "spring forward" on March 8 this year.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2266/uskcdaylightsavingtimeya3.gif