DST 2022: Is Your Home Prepared for Daylight Saving Time?
Believe it or not, it’s time to “Spring Forward” again. For most of the U.S., Daylight Saving Time begins on the second Sunday in March. The clocks spring forward one hour at 2 a.m. and suddenly, 1:59 a.m. turns to 3:00 a.m., like magic (or something like that…) If you’re reading this, you’re probably used to adjusting to these changes twice a year. Ready for some fun facts about Daylight Saving Time? A study shows that SAT scores dipped 2% when the tests were administered the day after a DST clock change. Benjamin Franklin half-jokingly proposed Daylight Saving Time in 1784 when he wrote that Paris could save $200 million in candles (of today’s dollars) if they adopted a time change in a witty essay, “ An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light. ” The DST format as we know it was originally proposed in 1895 by a New Zealand entomologist — or someone who studies insects — named George Hudson. He suggested a two-hour time change because he wanted more daylight...