2007-02-14 04:42:34 · 9 answers · asked by ferdinand_1914 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
The gov't has determined that by moving it up 3 weeks we can save millions of dollars in electric and heating costs, as well as more productivity due to more daylight....
2007-02-14 04:46:08 · answer #1 · answered by Scotty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In an attempt to lower electricity use, the federal government moved the start of daylight-saving time up three weeks to the second Sunday of March, beginning this year. The end of DST also changes, to the first Sunday in November, a week later than before.
Extending DST, the federal government says, will give Americans more daylight in the evening, requiring less use of electricity to light up their homes and saving energy.
2007-02-14 04:47:19 · answer #2 · answered by Cartman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the calendar dates for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the USA. In most parts of the USA, DST has been changed from its traditional observance of the first Sunday in April, to the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007), and from the last Sunday in October, to the first Sunday in November (Nov 4, 2007), meaning it will now be observed 3 weeks earlier than in previous years, and will remain in effect 1 week longer.
2007-02-14 04:46:22 · answer #3 · answered by gonger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's saving energy, according to the government goons. Personally, I don't see how using lights (electricity) in the morning (it stays dark later in the AM on DLS) is any more of a "saving" than using it in the evening, but then we're not talking about rational people here.
2007-02-14 04:47:54 · answer #4 · answered by texasjewboy12 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the barbecue commission (which is a 8 billion dollar a year industry) pushed for it and big money talks I am all for it though because I support the industry with all my hart and soul I was born to grill I have been labeled the grill master people beg for my fixings and I oblige them they tell me my chicken is to die for and that they would kill for my ribs so come on day light savings the grill master is ready its hell cooking with a flash light
2007-02-14 04:52:34 · answer #5 · answered by delmonticoman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
really ? Did you know that there isn't one time that the whole world changes there clocks it happens over a period of different weeks I was so confused when I travel to UK and then Middle east and back to America. the time should have been so many hours different but they hadnt turned there clocks yet and the flight times... many it was a nightmare
2007-02-14 04:47:05 · answer #6 · answered by iblis_shaitan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
congress decided to start DST 3 weeks earlier and end it 1 week later.
2007-02-14 04:48:01 · answer #7 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They want this year to hurry up and be over..No,I really don't know why.I really don't care for the daylight going on and on.Good question...
2007-02-14 05:34:00 · answer #8 · answered by Maw-Maw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spring Ahead.....wayyyyyy ahead !
2007-02-14 04:44:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋