Day light savings Time???

Question

i heard on my radio station that they changed the day light savings times..??? y did they change it?? and also y do some states not use it???? and wats the pourpose of it???

Answer 1

Well, no offense my fellow answerers, but you guys didn't quite get it. Ben Franklin indeed commented on rising early and posed taxing candles so that people would be "early to bed, early to rise." But that was when he was visiting France in 1784.

Modern DST was first proposed in 1907 by William Willett, and saw its first widespread use in 1916 as a wartime measure aimed at conserving coal. Despite controversy, many countries have used it since then; details vary by location and change occasionally.

Adding daylight to afternoons generally benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours. Granted it is inconvenient to many, but the benefits seem to outweigh the negatives and so we extended it starting in spring of this year.

Starting in 2007, most of the United States and Canada observe DST from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, yielding 34 weeks of DST every year, which is 65% of the year.

The 2007 U.S. change was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; previously, from 1987 through 2006, the start and end dates were the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October, and Congress retains the right to go back to the previous dates once an energy-consumption study is done.

As to how it affects radio: The FCC says AM daytimer-only stations should continue to use the power levels for October pre-sunrise and post-sunset authority through November 3.

-a guy named duh

Answer 2

to save energy. and it was a choice for the states to use it.  check out the history and explainations on this website.

Answer 3

NEXT Sunday you set your clocks back as you go off DST and back to Standard Time.  

Arizona does not use it as they have enough "daylight."   There is also a small part of Illinois or Indiana that does not use it.  

The idea was that in the days of Ben Franklin when they had only fire, candles and oil lamps for night time, most people just went to bed.  If you shifted the clock you had more daylight at the end of the work day so you could do more stuff before it got dark and you had to go to bed.

Why we still do it is a mystery to me.   We got electric lights so doing stuff at night is just as easy as doing it during the day.  And the name is like a magicians trick,   it is misdirection.  You really do not save anything at all.    If you want another hour of light at the end of the work day,  go to work an hour earlier!  

Also with all the clocks and stuff we use today,  it is a pain setting them all ahead and back twice a year.    If they were to put it up to a vote,  I would vote we dump the whole stupid thing.

Answer 4

i just no that they changed it so that the country uses less electricity which reduces the carbon dioxcide emmisions. i dont no y some states dont change.

Answer 5

daylight savings time ends nov 4. we will fall back 1 hour. it is so that kids will not have to wait for their school bus in the dark. because it get dark sooner in winter.