Why did the govt. move up daylight savings time this year?

Answer 1

to annoy folks like me

Answer 2

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005. Under the new law, Daylight Saving Time begins three weeks earlier than previously, on the second Sunday in March. DST is extended by one week to the first Sunday in November. The new start and stop period begins March 2007.

Summary: In 2000 and 2001, the Energy Commission created simulations to model what would happen to electricity use if Daylight Saving Time (DST) began early. The simulations examined how electricity use would respond to newly darker and cooler mornings using cool dark winter mornings as a reference point, and how electricity use would respond to lighter and warmer evenings by looking at those in the summer.
Implicit in the model is the assumption that people maintain their daily schedules rather than change wake-up or work hours in response to either changing seasons or Daylight Saving Time.
We found that if people do maintain their daily schedules then spring and fall Daylight Saving Time extensions would probably cause a 2 to 5% drop in the evening peak load. Meanwhile,
morning electricity use would grow some, but probably not enough to offset evening savings. The net effect is small and uncertain: a best guess of total net energy savings is on the order of ½ of one percent, but savings could just as well be zero.

Answer 3

I personally think this should be put to a vote of the people. I honestly do not understand the logic. The only way to "save" daylight hours is to get screwed out of an hour of sleep each morning. This system is hard on older people, children, and anyone who takes insulin or any other kind of time sensitive medicines.

If the daylight hours are longer anyway during the summer months, you'd think that it would be the other way around. I absolutely hate it that it is sooner this year. I have signed online petitions to no avail. I think it is stupid and most of the people I've talked to think it should be left alone.

Answer 4

Daylight Saving Time is a way of getting more light out of the day by advancing clocks by one hour during the summer. During Daylight Saving Time, the sun appears to rise one hour later in the morning, when people are usually asleep anyway, and sets one hour later in the evening, seeming to stretch the day longer. The reason DST works is because its saves energy due to less artificial light needed during the evening hours—clocks are set one hour ahead during the spring, and one hour back to standard time in the autumn. So it works out better for us because we spend less money on energy bills.

Answer 5

reply to frances: LMAO- They wanted the crops to get more sunlight? hahaha, theres no extra sunlight they just moved the clocks a bit, will be said to conserve energy, not sure how? probably another reason behind it, but il go with it anyway.

But to let crops have more sunlight, you have really cheered me up, that comment has got to be the funniest reply i have seen, i hope that you were not being serious. you wasnt, right?

:-P

Answer 6

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. Indiana adopted its use beginning in 2006.


In 2006, daylight time begins on April 2 and ends on October 29.


In 2007, daylight time begins on March 11 and ends on November 4. [New law goes into effect.]


In 2008, daylight time begins on March 9 and ends on November 2.

Many other countries observe some form of "summer time", but they do not necessarily change their clocks on the same dates as the U.S.

Daylight time and time zones in the U.S. are defined in the U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX - Standard Time.



History of Daylight Time in the U.S.
Although standard time in time zones was instituted in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads in 1883, it was not established in U.S. law until the Act of March 19, 1918, sometimes called the Standard Time Act. The act also established daylight saving time, a contentious idea then. Daylight saving time was repealed in 1919, but standard time in time zones remained in law. Daylight time became a local matter. It was re-established nationally early in World War II, and was continuously observed from 9 February 1942 to 20 September 1945. After the war its use varied among states and localities. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 provided standardization in the dates of beginning and end of daylight time in the U.S. but allowed for local exemptions from its observance. The act provided that daylight time begin on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October, with the changeover to occur at 2 a.m. local time.

During the "energy crisis" years, Congress enacted earlier starting dates for daylight time. In 1974, daylight time began on 6 January and in 1975 it began on 23 February. After those two years the starting date reverted back to the last Sunday in April. In 1986, a law was passed that shifted the starting date of daylight time to the first Sunday in April, beginning in 1987. The ending date of daylight time was not subject to such changes, and remained the last Sunday in October. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 changed both the starting and ending dates. Beginning in 2007, daylight time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.

Source(s):

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/dayligh...

Answer 7

to save energy

Answer 8

I believe it had something to do with farming. They wanted the crops to get more sunlight.

Answer 9

to conserve energy

Answer 10

yeh, because they needed to spice stuff up. make the world hate us a little more.