Did You Remember Daylight Saving Time?

The time to spring forward has come.

At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks in the United States jumped ahead one hour for daylight saving time.

Most of the nation participates in daylight saving time, except for Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Brief History:

According to the Huffington Post: 

Benjamin Franklin has been credited with the idea of daylight saving time, but Britain and Germany began using the concept in World War I to conserve energy, the Washington Post observes. The U.S. used daylight saving time for a brief time during the war, but it didn't become widely accepted in the States until after the second World War.

In 1966, the Uniform Time Act outlined that clocks should be set forward on the last Sunday in April and set back the last Sunday in October.

That law was amended in 1986 to start daylight saving time on the first Sunday in April, though the new system wasn't implemented until 1987. The end date was not changed, however, and remained the last Sunday in October until 2006.

Today, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The time change will precede the first day of spring and the vernal equinox, which is set to take place at 1:14 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 20.

What do you think of daylight saving? Love it or hate it? Tell us in the comments.

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