Germany became the first country to implement DST in 1916, during World War I, to conserve fuel by reducing the need for artificial lighting. Other nations, including the United States, followed suit shortly after.
The United States first introduced daylight savings time in 1918 as a wartime measure to save energy. However, it was unpopular and was repealed after World War I. During World War II, DST was reinstated under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and remained in effect year-round as “War Time” from 1942 to 1945.
The act established that DST would begin on the last Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday of October. These dates have since been modified, with the current DST period running from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, as established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Daylight saving time (DST) has generated plenty of confusion and debate for decades. Many credit the original idea of DST to Benjamin Franklin, who but it didn't become considered as a law in any country until more than a century later. It had its pros and cons some for economic purpose for people to go out and spend money while farmers and movie theaters complained about it among others. Daylight savings has been brought through the centuries. Do you think daylight savings should stay the same for good or keep the same system? Well, it’s been in effect to over 100 years here is to another extra hour!
The concept of adjusting clocks to make better use of daylight dates back to Benjamin Franklin, who proposed it in a satirical essay in 1784, suggesting that waking up earlier in the summer could reduce the need for candle usage in the evening. However, the modern idea of DST was first seriously suggested by New Zealand entomologist George Hudson in 1895 and later advocated by British builder William Willett in 1907. While George wanted more daylight to find insects and bugs and to add more after-work hours to the people days.
Germany became the first country to implement DST in 1916, during World War I, to conserve fuel by reducing the need for artificial lighting. Other nations, including the United States, followed suit shortly after.
The United States first introduced daylight savings time in 1918 as a wartime measure to save energy. However, it was unpopular and was repealed after World War I. During World War II, DST was reinstated under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and remained in effect year-round as “War Time” from 1942 to 1945.
The act established that DST would begin on the last Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday of October. These dates have since been modified, with the current DST period running from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, as established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Daylight saving time (DST) has generated plenty of confusion and debate for decades. Many credit the original idea of DST to Benjamin Franklin, who but it didn't become considered as a law in any country until more than a century later. It had its pros and cons some for economic purpose for people to go out and spend money while farmers and movie theaters complained about it among others. Daylight savings has been brought through the centuries. Do you think daylight savings should stay the same for good or keep the same system? Well, it’s been in effect to over 100 years here is to another extra hour!
Spring ahead!