Why do we turn the clocks back this Saturday, and when is the best time to do it?

Question

Also don't forget to do your mobile's, watches and video/dvd machines!

Answer 1

One of the biggest reasons we change our clocks to Daylight Saving Time (DST) is that it saves energy. Energy use and the demand for electricity for lighting our homes is directly connected to when we go to bed and when we get up. Bedtime for most of us is late evening through the year. When we go to bed, we turn off the lights and TV.

In the average home, 25 percent of all the electricity we use is for lighting and small appliances, such as TVs, VCRs and stereos. A good percentage of energy consumed by lighting and appliances occurs in the evening when families are home. By moving the clock ahead one hour, we can cut the amount of electricity we consume each day.

Studies done in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that we trim the entire country's electricity usage by about one percent EACH DAY with Daylight Saving Time.

Daylight Saving Time "makes" the sun "set" one hour later and therefore reduces the period between sunset and bedtime by one hour. This means that less electricity would be used for lighting and appliances late in the day.

We also use less electricity because we are home fewer hours during the "longer" days of spring and summer. Most people plan outdoor activities in the extra daylight hours. When we are not at home, we don't turn on the appliances and lights. A poll done by the U.S. Department of Transportation indicated that Americans liked Daylight Saving Time because "there is more light in the evenings / can do more in the evenings."

I usually do it before going to bed on Saturday night, but officially daylight savings time ends at 2:00 AM

Answer 2

2 many years in the past - a Saturday - 26 November 1991 (?) The marvel information of my spouse's ovarian maximum cancers did no longer hit us till June 1992 - so i think lower back then - on that day - we pair of 40 8 twelve months-olds have been enjoying ourselves, one way or yet another. completely unaware how life could substitute so dramatically - interior basically a rely of months. the two older babies could have been away - Daughter a million married - Son a million working in London, as a nurse. the two youthful babies nevertheless at domicile - Son 2 elderly 14 and Daughter 2 elderly 13 - could have been doing despite the fact that babies did lower back then. without a diary - and with my 'time-lines' perplexed - i can't say how the night could have handed. yet whilst i ought to turn the clock lower back, i could have taken my spouse out for a spectacular quiet meal. We basically did it often times - by no skill in lots of cases adequate. As one realises - whilst it extremely is too late. yet do no longer permit me forged any shadows - 10, 15 and greater years till now - our domicile events have been mythical - bacardi & cokes galore. "It grew to become into 2 many years in the past at present Sgt Pepper taught band to play they have been going out and in of style yet they're guaranteed to boost a grin..." ; )))

Answer 3

We do this for daylight savings time- this was put into place in the fifties to allow farmers and mineworkers more "day hours" for their work. I would suggest waiting until you are ready for bed and then turning the clocks back right before you go to sleep.

Answer 4

Thanks for the reminder. Daylight Saving Time is over and next year the timing of it all will change, we'll go into November before turning the clocks back.

I can definitely use the extra hour of sleep.

Answer 5

I think really early in the morning so that you get an extra hour of sleep!

Answer 6

1am is the official time they go back.
It is to help people such as farmers maximise the amount of daylight hours that they can work in.

Answer 7

extra light at night,do it before you go to bed saturday night

Answer 8

It was originally done to save electricity. And the correct time to do it is at 3am, you turn it back to 2am. Of 2am to 1am.