Who decides when daylight savings time occurs? Who changes it?

Question

i'm just curious who to credit for changing the daylight savings time this year (2007).

Answer 1

Spring ahead, fall back.....

Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time. These dates were established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005).

Not all places in the U.S. observe daylight time. In particular, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not use it.

Remember to change the batteries in your smoke detector when you change your clocks....Many fire departments encourage people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks because Daylight Saving Time provides a convenient reminder. "A working smoke detector more than doubles a person's chances of surviving a home fire," says William McNabb of the Troy Fire Department in Michigan. More than 90 percent of homes in the United States have smoke detectors, but one-third are estimated to have dead or missing batteries.

Answer 2

The answer is: Congess and the states take credit (or blame) for changing daylight savings time every year. It is an artificial date created by law, not by the calendar, to allow more days of actual sunlight during winter. Some states do not observe daylight savings time; some used to have peculiar dates and boundaries for the change; however, we need some standardization for things like airline timetables and broadcasting times nationwide.


Beginning in 2007, most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.

On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this change to Congress. Congress retains the right to resume the 2005 Daylight Saving Time schedule once the Department of Energy study is complete.

For the U.S. and its territories, Daylight Saving Time is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Arizona. The Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, even in Arizona, due to its large size and location in three states.

Answer 3

btw...just for the record:
It's Daylight Saving Time (Not Daylight "Savings" Time)
(which, up until it became clear this weekend, "Savings" was the way I always pronounced it)

In the United States, Congress decides.
On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November.

Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United States during World War I in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October. During World War II the federal government again required the states to observe the time change. Between the wars and after World War II, states and communities chose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act which standardized the length of Daylight Saving Time.

About 70 countries around the world observe daylight-saving time.
Neither China nor Japan observes daylight-saving time.

By FEDERAL LAW, starting in March 2007, it will be observed from the second Sunday in March (11th) to the first Sunday in November (4th), with transitions typically at 02:00 local time, adding about a month to daylight saving time.

States can choose NOT TO observe DST in this country, but if a state chooses to observe DST, it must follow the starting and ending dates set by the law.
Hawaii and most of Arizona do not follow daylight-saving time. And the U.S. territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and American Samoa also do not observe daylight-saving time.

Answer 4

When Time Changes

Answer 5

Congress. It would have been better to just end Daylight Savings Time.

Answer 6

Study after study has showed none benefits of DST. Most people hate it. Why does the congress not do away with it altogether? Call the current 5 am 6 or 7 8 am, I don’t care. Don’t flip back and forth.

Answer 7

The government.

Answer 8

dont tell anyone else but its all done by the secret masonic temple . they rule the world .