
Texas Residents Prepare For Daylight Saving Time: What You Need To Know
Well, Texas, it's that time of year again when we lose an hour of sleep as Daylight Saving Time is right around the corner. Oh boy.
States like Arizona and Hawaii don't have to adjust their clocks yearly since the federal government doesn't require states and territories to observe Daylight Saving Time. But Texas is not one of those states so we have to adjust our clocks accordingly.
When Do We Set Our Clocks Forward
This year Daylight Saving Time will begin on Sunday, March 9th when we will all set our clocks one hour forward. Then on Sunday, November 2nd, we go back to Standard Time.
Why Texas Still Observes Daylight Saving Time
In 2023, a bill was passed by the Texas House to make Daylight Saving Time our normal time. But even though Texas passed the bill, Congress has put the brakes on it.
So unfortunately we will still have to observe Daylight Saving Time, at least for the time being.
Adjusting Time
Many times Daylight Saving Time and Standard Time confuse people as many of us forget when we go forward an hour and when we go back an hour. The best rule of thumb is to remember the old saying "Spring forward, fall back". Annually, Daylight Saving Time begins in the Spring and ends in the Fall.
So don't forget to set your alarm clocks, microwaves, ovens, watches, and sometimes phones an hour ahead before you go to sleep on the Saturday before the time change. Or just leave it as is and wait for the next time change. Your choice.
History of Daylight Saving Time
According to Time And Date, the dude on the quarter, Benjamin Franklin was instrumental in coming up with the idea of Daylight Saving Time.
Benjamin Franklin first suggested Daylight Saving Time in 1784, but modern DST was not proposed until 1895 when an entomologist from New Zealand, George Vernon Hudson, presented a proposal for a two-hour daylight saving shift to the Wellington Philosophical Society.
The conception of DST was mainly credited to an English builder, William Willett in 1905, when he presented the idea to advance the clock during the summer months. His proposal was published two years later and introduced to the House of Commons in February 1908. The first Daylight Saving Bill was examined by a select committee but was never made into a law. It was not until World War I, in 1916, that DST was adopted and implemented by several countries in Europe who initially rejected the idea.
via: timeanddate.com
So there you have it. It was all Ben's fault. Man, get your picture on a quarter and you come up with all kinds of weird stuff.
Don't forget to set your clocks forward on March 10th!
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