10 things you didn't know about daylight saving time

[Rhiannon12866]

Daylight saving time, which starts its annual eight-month run at 2 a.m. Sunday, was first enacted by the federal government March 19, 1918, during World War I, as a way to conserve coal.

Here are 10 fun facts about daylight saving time you may not have known:

1. While not necessarily advocating changing time, Benjamin Franklin urged his fellow countrymen to work during daylight and sleep after dark, thus saving money on candles. (It was likely a tongue-in-cheek comment.)

2. The correct term is daylight "saving" (not savings) time. The incorrect term “daylight savings time” is commonly used, especially in Australia, Canada and the United States. It's also supposed to be lowercase, not uppercase, according to the Associated Press stylebook.

3. The U.S. Department of Transportation is in charge of time in the U.S., including time zones and daylight saving time.

4. Daylight saving became a federal law in 1966, with passage of the Uniform Time Act.


More: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/03/06/10-things-you-didnt-know-daylight-saving-time/400019002/



Daylight Saving Time is Sunday at 2 a.m. (Photo: nito100, Getty Images/iStockphoto)

[MontanaMama]

1. Interesting post.

I didn’t know most of these facts. I do know that daylight saving time effs everybody up for about a week. My pets and kiddo especially. I could do without the time change for sure.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I know, me too!

I'm grateful that it stays light outside longer, but it seems like I'm always running late for at least a week, too. And my job used to be editing TV listings for newspapers all over the country and the time change - especially for areas that were non-observing - was a nightmare. And how do you handle that missing or extra hour? I'm sure we'll get used to it, we always do, but I thought the fact that it's 100 this year made this worth posting.

[MontanaMama]

8. Totally worth posting.

I guess we handle it because we have to, right? I get frustrated when my child doesn’t want to go to bed because it’s still light outside....that’s a biggie. My pets think it’s time to get up when I just want to auger in and sleep a little longer. Montana winters are dark and long so I do appreciate more light when we spring forward, but I wonder....wouldn’t our days get longer on their own as we move into spring and summer? I’m in New Zealand right now so this year the time change will be doubly wacky! I leave Auckland at 2pm Tuesday and get to Montana at 4:30pm Tuesday! Defies logic.

[Skittles]

10. night shift people think day folk are the most delicate beings on the planet

seriously

[pansypoo53219]

3. find a youtube of john oliver's his is still a thing?

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Here ya go!

[BigmanPigman]

5. Maybe this is what Franklin said at the time,

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man happy, healthy and wise". It's probably from Poor Richard's Almanac.

[Nitram]

6. I don't get why people make such a fuss about the time change. Haven't they ever

been on a 13-hour flight to Japan? Much, much worse.

[pansypoo53219]

9. i know how to eliminate jet lag no pills.

shorter flight. mine was only 11. i am an extreme night owl. came back during sunny day, had it bad, came back in the dark & i felt nothing. so, are you a morning person or a night owl. plan your landing time to you.

[Skittles]

11. night shift folk think they're pitiful

I wonder how they would handle weed eaters for a couple hours at 01:00 AM EVERY WEEK

[Nitram]

7. Another point that the list didn't include is that the effects of DST are very different depending

on which end of the time zone you happen to be on, east or west. The latitude also makes a difference in how long the days are.