Re: ⏱️ Time Change? ????️ 3/09/2025

On 2025-03-09, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:

On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 19:55:08 +0000, Bruce wrote:
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On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 19:24:58 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
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Did everyone remember to run their clocks forward Saturday
night/wee hours of Sunday morning?

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That's funny. First you turn the clock 150 years back and then you
turn it one hour forward.
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If I remember correctly the original springing forward with
the clocks was supposed to help farmers get their crops to
the railroad shipping centers. 

No.  I thought everybody knew it had to do with WWI.

"It is a common myth in the United States that DST was first implemented
for the benefit of farmers. In reality, farmers have been one of the
strongest lobbying groups against DST since it was first implemented.
The factors that influence farming schedules, such as morning dew and
dairy cattle's readiness to be milked, are ultimately dictated by the
sun, so the clock change introduces unnecessary challenges.

"DST was first implemented in the US with the Standard Time Act of 1918,
a wartime measure for seven months during World War I in the interest of
adding more daylight hours to conserve energy resources.
Year-round DST, or "War Time", was implemented again during World War
II. After the war, local jurisdictions were free to choose if and
when to observe DST until the Uniform Time Act which standardized DST in
1966. Permanent daylight saving time was enacted for the winter
of 1974, but there were complaints of children going to school in the
dark and working people commuting and starting their work day in pitch
darkness during the winter, and it was repealed a year later."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time#History

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Cindy Hamilton