HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Spring forward this weekend and set your clock one hour ahead before you go to bed as Daylight Saving Time will start at two a.m. Sunday morning.
Daylight Saving Time is a change in the standard time with the purpose of making better use of daylight and conserving energy. This means that the sunrise and sunset will be one hour later, on the clock, than the day before.
DST was first introduced in 1918 when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law to support the effort during the first World War.
Year-round DST also called “War Time” was in force during the second World War from February of 1942 to September of 1945, 40 days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Since then Daylight Saving Time has seen lots of changes. After the energy crisis was over in 1976, the U.S. changed their schedule again to being on the last Sunday in April. It was amended again to being on the first Sunday in April and further changes brings it up to date today after the introduction of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Daylight Saving Time is now in use in over 70 countries worldwide and affects over a billion people each year. The beginning and end dates vary from one country to the other.
