The time has come to spring forward… Daylight Saving time begins Sunday March 8 at 2:00 am. That means this weekend, we will SPRING forward, officially moving our clocks FORWARD one hour.
The idea of adjusting the clocks to have more usable daylight hours is often credited to Benjamin Franklin. The US Government’s Energy Policy Act of 2005 set the current start and end of Daylight Saving Time as follows.
- begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and
- ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of November
Most people will change the clocks before going to bed Saturday evening. For safety, at the same time, it’s recommended to change the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in homes.
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday morning; it will end on November 1st, when we regain that hour of lost sleep.