This weekend the clocks move forward an hour in observance of daylight saving time.
At 2 a.m. on Sunday, Mar. 13, clocks will read 3 a.m., and though it may mean one hour “less” of sleep, it allows for more daylight into the early evening; the sun will rise at 7:25 a.m. and set at 7:18 p.m. on the 13th.
Daylight saving time will end Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022.
In 1966, Congress mandated clocks be wound back every August and forwarded in April. In 2007 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 expanded the light months and created today’s standard of clocks winding back in November and moving forward in March.
Federal law doesn’t allow states to have permanent recognition of daylight saving time, though 19 — Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Idaho, Louisiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, Wyoming, Arkansas, Delaware, Maine, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington, Florida and California — have enacted legislation or passed resolutions to recognize it year round, should Congress ever shift. No traction has been made yet, not on The Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 (making DST permanent nationwide) or H.R. 214 – the Daylight Act (allowing states to choose DST year-round).
Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands do not recognize daylight saving time but follow standard time.
And only 40% of countries follow daylight saving time.
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