Daylight saving time is approaching, which means it’s time to change the clock. This also means that Americans will have an extra hour of sleep, because the clock will go backwards by an hour.Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday
For decades, the United States adjusted the clock forward by one hour in the fall and one hour in the spring.The idea of daylight saving time was concocted by Benjamin Franklin cost Candlelight. In the United States, most areas of Hawaii and Arizona do not observe daylight saving time. U.S. territories, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa also do not observe daylight saving time.
About 78 countries/regions around the world implement daylight saving time, but Russia, China, India, and Japan do not implement daylight saving time. When the United States “retreats”, the East Coast will return to Eastern Standard Time.
Most mobile devices, tablets, cable boxes and smart phones will automatically update time changes. However, traditional watches, clocks and other devices that do not support the Internet (stoves, microwave ovens) will require old-fashioned manual replacement.
Here are some quotes, courtesy Search for a quote, About changing the clock every hour:
1. “I said there can be no such sensible person [citizens of Paris]In this case, if they really knew that they might have the same amount of pure sunlight in vain, they should have lived for so long under the smoky, unhealthy and extremely expensive candle light. “-Benjamin Franklin
2. “Yawn more in the morning in spring, and nap more in the evening in autumn. This is everything we asked for in exchange for a dazzling gift. One night in April, we borrowed for an hour; five months later, we would Repayment of gold interest.”-Winston Churchill
3. “Day time, the monster of timing.”-Harry S. Truman
4. “You will never find anyone who can give you a clear and convincing reason to explain why we observe daylight saving time.”-Dave Barry
5. “I don’t mind going back to daylight saving time. In the case of inflation, hours will be the only thing I save throughout the year.”-Victor Borch
6. “Don’t forget that it’s daylight saving time. You jump forward, then you back up. It’s like Robert Downey Jr. gets up.”-David Letterman
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