Monday, March 11, 2013

Daylight Saving Time 2013: 5 Things You Didn't Know

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Daylight Saving Time 2013: 5 Things You Didn't Know

With more and more people using radio clocks (sometimes inaccurately called atomic clocks), clocks on mobile phones and clocks on any other online device like a cable box or computer, switching to and from daylight saving time has become less of a chore.

In the U.S., daylight saving time was first used during World War I to conserve resources. It was reinstated again during World War II until Sept. 1945. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 created a standardized system to observe daylight saving time.

With more and more people using radio clocks (sometimes inaccurately called atomic clocks), clocks on mobile phones and clocks on any other online device like a cable box or computer, switching to and from daylight saving time has become less of a chore.

Spring ahead at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10 — and wind the clocks forward an hour for daylight saving time.

Friendly reminder: Daylight Saving Time 2013 begins 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10. You'll set your clocks ahead an hour. What's the purpose of Daylight Saving Time? "Many people believe that DST could be linked to fewer road accidents and injuries. The extra

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