Don’t Forget To Set Clocks Forward This Weekend

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Before heading to bed Saturday night (March 13th), don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour, as Daylight Savings Time goes into effect at 2am Sunday, March 14th.

This will remain in effect until November 7th of 2021, when clocks will need to “fall back” by one hour in a return to Daylight Standard Time.

The Uniform Time Act of 1966 standardized time zones and daylight savings practices around the nation, but allowed states to pass laws that would exempt them from the time changes. 

The U.S. Department of Transportation sites “energy savings and reduced traffic crashes with the additional hour of evening sunlight”, claiming it “allows more individuals time to commute from school or work, complete errands, before sunset.” 

Arizona and Hawaii are currently the only two states that do not observe Daylight Savings Time, and there has been some talk in Congress to change federal law to keep the time standard on Daylight Savings Time- as the new Standard Time.

34 states have expressed interest in this change, but they need the approval of Congress before this would be allowed, although they do have permission not to participate in the Daylight Savings Time. The states are permitted to remain on Standard Time year around, if their state legislatures approve that.