2007-03-08 03:00:51 · 6 answers · asked by morth6792 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
It was designed as a better use for daylight.
But the US joined after WWI at that time, in an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power.
2007-03-08 03:10:05 · answer #1 · answered by uisignorant 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Daylight saving time was enacted to save energy by extending the period in the afternoon that we would not have to use energy for lights. It was first proposed by Ben Franklin to save lamp oil but never really caught on until WW I. The US adopted DST following WW I.
Experts claim that DST results in about a 1% reduction in energy use each day. This year DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in November. The Department of Energy is then supposed to study the impact and report back to Congress. The current law allows Congress to go back to the old standard if the DOE study shows no increased savings.
2007-03-08 03:23:41 · answer #2 · answered by SA Writer 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
To save afternoon daylight for outside work.
2007-03-08 03:05:49 · answer #3 · answered by themaestro 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It was proposed by Benjamin Franklin.
I believe it first went into effect during WWII to confuse the Germans (just kidding, it was actually supposed to provide more daylight hours for women to get home safely and get their outside work done after leaving their new jobs in the factories.)
2007-03-08 03:13:59 · answer #4 · answered by chimpus_incompetus 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
a form of day light saving time gose back about 300 years for famers in the field but the one we have today started around wwI
2007-03-08 16:36:00 · answer #5 · answered by Samantha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was acutally suggested by Ben Franklin as a joke. It came into practice to have more daylight in order to work more outside
2007-03-08 03:08:58 · answer #6 · answered by nylatinanurse 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋