This is a friendly reminder to set your clocks back one hour at 2 a.m Sunday as we return to Standard Time. Firefighters also ask that you replace the batteries in your smoke detectors. On Sunday, November 1, you will need to set your clocks back one hour for the “fall back time change.” We won’t be springing forward for another four and a half months. At 2:00 A.M. on Sunday, November 1 is the official time to reset your clocks, in most U.S. cities. Daylight savings time was originally put to use in World War I. The theory was that an extra hour of light would save on energy for industrial wartime manufacturing. Daylight savings time was also required by the Federal Government again during World War II. In peace time between wars, cities could chose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time. The Uniform Time Act was passed by Congress in 1966 standardizing Daylight Saving Time. In 2005, the Energy Policy Act extended the length of daylight savings time by a period of four weeks. It now begins the second Sunday of March and ends the first Sunday of November. The purpose was to save on oil consumption of businesses during daylight operation.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:19:36 +0000