what is this new law in effect on Nov 4th?
2007-11-01 09:07:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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.
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Year DST Begins
at 2 a.m. DST Ends
at 2 a.m. Summertime
period begins
at 1 a.m. UT Summertime
period ends
at 1 a.m. UT
2003 April 6 October 26 March 30 October 26
2004 April 4 October 31 March 28 October 31
2005 April 3 October 30 March 27 October 30
2006 April 2 October 29 March 26 October 29
2007 March 11 November 4 March 25 October 28
2008 March 9 November 2 March 30 October 26
2009 March 8 November 1 March 29 October 25
2007-11-01 09:17:54 · answer #1 · answered by sevndustfan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The time change back to standard time will happen Sunday morning at 2am. So Saturday night, set your clocks back an hour so they'll be ready on Sunday morning.
The difference in the law is that this is happening on the 1st Sunday in November (Nov. 4th) now rather than the last Sunday in October like it has in prior years. The spring time change is also changed to be 3 weeks earlier now than previously starting in 2007.
It has caused problems for several systems that were programmed using the old rules and might have already changed back a week early. Hopefully things like your PC and other devices are updated so they are correct with these new rules.
2007-11-01 16:10:56 · answer #2 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋