And when do you move the clocks forward?
Can someone explain the whole concept to me?
2007-02-25 11:50:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Daylight savings timne was originally implemented in the USA when we had a higher percentge of farmers and part-time farmers. These foks could work a job all day and then go home and work the farm for a few hours before it got dark.
The traditional days to change the clocks were the first wekend in April and the first wekeend in October.
In 2005, the fed governement was feeling pressure becasue of the escalating price of energy- natural gas was skyrocketing and oil was not far behind. They passed the Energy Act of 2005. One provision of the act was to extend daylight savings time as a means to save some relatively small amount of energy. The dates were extended back to march and into novemeber. Instead of 6 months of daylight savings we will have 7- 7-1/2 months (sorry, I dont know the exact dates this year.)
Personally, I love it because it gives me a few more hours to get out in the yard with my kids after work. I'm thinking of going back to the original intent and even planting a garden this year.
2007-02-25 13:27:44 · answer #1 · answered by MrWiz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. At noon the Sun is at it's highest point in the sky. This is also the midpoint of the day. Before Daylight Savings Time the early morning (let's say 4:00 AM) would be light out but wasted as most of us slept. By moving the clocks ahead an hour we would have an hour less of wasted light. Simple as that.
2007-02-25 11:56:44 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be the fourth Sunday in October and the first in April. This year that changes, and we'll start daylight savings time on March 11--the second Sunday in March. See link.
A way to remember: Spring forward, fall back (i.e., set your clock ahead in the spring and back in the fall).
2007-02-25 11:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by Golda57 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the second Sunday in March beginning in 2007, and it was the first Sunday in April from 1986 until this year. I don't think that's a different time every year!
Here is a link with what DST is all about:
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/
2007-02-25 11:57:02 · answer #4 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i prefer to comprehend the respond to this too. it replace into the proper same weekends so some distance as i can keep in mind for variety of 50 years. now that's a guessing sport two times a 365 days & a million/2 the inhabitants would not comprehend whilst to do it so they continuously seek for issues previous due or an hour early. it is nervewracking, incredibly for individuals that are working & i will not be able to locate a great explanation for doing this everywhere.
2016-10-16 11:57:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has always been for the pastfew years the last sunday of oct and thelast sunday of april but this year it will change in march originally it was suppose to help the business people and before that the war effort
2007-02-25 11:56:21 · answer #6 · answered by ninekittys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe it has made a heck of a lot of difference
2014-10-21 16:35:50 · answer #7 · answered by Glenys 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it all depends on the revolution and rotation of the earth
2007-02-25 11:56:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋