“With rushing winds and gloomy skies
The dark and stubborn Winter dies;
Far off, unseen, Spring faintly cries,
Bidding her earliest child rise;
MARCH!”
~Bayard Taylor
Get ready to spring forward this weekend! Daylight Saving Time is upon us again and
this Sunday, March 12 at 2 AM it will be time to move our clocks ahead one
hour. While losing an hour of sleep is
never fun, it does come with a perk…the end to dark winter nights as evenings
see more light. This springtime clock
change continues the long tradition started by Benjamin Franklin to conserve
energy.
Have you ever wondered why we change the clocks at 2
AM? Most people aren’t awake at that
time, but there are good reasons why we do it then. One reason is that it is
late enough that most people will be at home, with few bars and restaurants
being affected. Also, it prevents the
date from switching to yesterday; imagine the confusion if we changed the
clocks at midnight back to 11 p.m.!
Finally, it’s early enough to decrease the impact on early shift workers
and early churchgoers.
With today’s technology, many of our clocks change
themselves (our phones, cable boxes etc.), but nonetheless, don’t forget to
SPRING FORWARD this weekend!
