It was not too long ago that this was a big thing in many households as everyone had to run around to every single clock and manually move the hands ahead an hour.
In the US it was first introduced in 1916 only to be repealed 7 months later. It was reintroduced in 1942 as “War Time”, with the eastern war time, mountain war time, central war time and pacific war time. Af the end of the war it became known as peace time. In 1966 with the signing of the uniform time act the country now had a uniform schedule with DST starting the last Sunday of April and ending the last Sunday of October. It has been tinkered with ever since like in 1973 with the oil embargo and than with the energy policy of 2005. It has remained unchanged since 2007, before some of you were born.
The biggest proponents of DST are that with more sunlight in the evenings more people are motivated to get out of the house. There is more time for outdoor recreational activities leading to a fitter country. With the extra daylight it is argued that we conserve more energy.
With the modern society with its technological advances such as computer screens, A/C units and TV screens it is widely believed that the savings from DST is negligible. Some even believe that the time switch has a direct effect on are physiological well being not to mention the disruption to our sleep patterns twice a year and therefore want to stop moving the clocks all together.
WHICH CAMP ARE YOU IN?
As for myself, the extra sunlight is nice in the warmer months.
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