Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead tonight! Daylight Saving Time begins tonight for most of the United States and Canada. The expansion of the period we use DST is due to the Energy Policy Act of 2005; although studies show the effect on energy consumption is negigible, if not counterproductive. DST will last until the first weekend in November, which is almost two-thirds of the year. European Summer Time begins the last Sunday in March and runs til the last Sunday in October. Nations in the southern hemisphere who observe the practice have been on DST for months, and will soon go back to standard time as their fall approaches. Wikipedia has more on Daylight Saving Time history and practices around the world. Link
And there is always that very large portion of us who actually do believe we're getting an "EXTRA" hour of daylight by doing this.
Or better yet, we should all use that funky swatch time that was based on a day being divided up into a 1000 parts (too bad that never caught on).
When we turned the clocks an hour back, it would be on a Monday morning.
When we turned the clocks forward, it would be noon on Friday, so everyone could get out of work early.
Sounds good, no?
Just as David B said, DST uses more energy than it saves.
I love the morons that want to have it year around. They don't seem to get the fact that it will get dark at 4 pm in December with their adjusted clock. Idiots.
This is an idea who's time (ha ha) has come and gone.
There are petitions online for abolishing DST. I urge everyone to seek them out and sign them, or start another one.