why do we move the clocks forward in spring and back in Autumn?

Answer 1

So that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.

Adding daylight to afternoons promotes outdoor afternoon activities. This benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, but it causes problems for farmers and other workers whose hours depend on the sun. The extra afternoon daylight also cuts overall traffic accident rates; its effects on crime are less clear. DST can save electricity by reducing the need for evening lighting, but it can also boomerang by boosting peak demand, increasing overall electricity costs.

Answer 2

Daylight Saving Time gives us the opportunity to enjoy sunny summer evenings by moving our clocks an hour forward in the spring.

Answer 3

Saving daylight was first mentioned in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin in a letter to the editors of the Journal of Paris, wherein he urged Parisians to get up earlier in order to use sunlight, thus saving wax by not burning candles at night. He did not mention Daylight Saving Time—he did not propose that clock time be changed.[1][2] Because the satirical article was humorous, it is clear that Franklin did not seriously propose that the French adopt it.

DST (changing time) was first proposed by William Willett in "Waste of Daylight", published in 1907, but he was unable to get the British government to adopt it, despite considerable lobbying.

The idea of DST was first put into practice by the German government during the First World War, between April 30 1916 and October 1 1916. Shortly afterward, the United Kingdom followed suit, first adopting it between May 21 and October 1 1916. On June 17 1917, Newfoundland became the first North American jurisdiction to adopt DST with the passing of the Daylight Saving Act of 1917. On March 19 1918, the US Congress formally established several time zones, which had been in use by railroads and most cities since 1883; at the same time they made DST official, effective March 31, for the remainder of World War I. It was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. The law, however, proved so unpopular, mostly because it obliged people to rise and go to bed earlier than had become customary since the advent of electricity, that it was repealed in 1919, when Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto of the repeal.

Answer 4

To Save Energy

Answer 5

ask Thomas Jefferson. he was the one that came up with it.
really the reason we slip forward is to have more sunlight during warmer months. it is also an energy-saving tactic. the more sunlight in the day, the less you need your lamps and stuff on at home.
back during the second World War, there was a period of time when it was "daylight saving time" all the time, for like 14 months. it was called "wartime." again, an energy saving effort

Answer 6

it is forwards in the Spring and decrease back in the fall by using ways. in recent times the reasoning is that it gets mild too early in the process the summer time (fantastically in Scotland the place it would not get previous twilight), yet in the previous it became by way of three protection tension motives, which get away me for now.

Answer 7

Because BIG BROTHER told you to do so! Don't believe all the "reasons" and "excuses" given. People just repeat what BB says. I say, refuse to move your clocks! Don't listen to BB. Your clocks will not change and neither will your life. By the way, does anyone really know what time it is, anyways?

Answer 8

Daylight savings. I heard that it is earlier this year due to a new energy proposal. If we have more daylight, we will use less electricity. But yes, it was created for the farmers. They like the extra light they have for the day.

Answer 9

Aside from Energy consumption, the idea was implemented for the safety and protection of children. To allow children to access school in the morning and home in the afternoons in DAYLIGHT.

Answer 10

More daylight, it started in 1916 to help the farmers in the Great War