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, Marco Chacón and Taylor Su, CNNStarting in March, most of the United States prepares for clocks “to spring forward” — better known as Daylight Saving Time, or DST. It’s that time of year when your oven clock needs manual adjusting as well as that wristwatch you wear on special occasions. Not every part of the US makes the switch on the second Sunday in March — most of Arizona doesn’t with the exception of the Navajo Nation, and neither do Hawaii and some US territories.
Once suggested by Benjamin Franklin as a cost-saving measure, Daylight Saving Time was ultimately created to extend daylight hours during the summer months. The practice was first implemented across the US and Europeduring World War I and was reinstated during World War II. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established a uniform Daylight Saving Time system across the US.
Every so often, there’s talk about making the annual “spring forward” permanent. The country briefly tried permanent Daylight Saving Time during the energy crisis of the 1970s. There has since been a lot of research on
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