March 13th, 2010

Daylight Savings Time 2010 and DST Spring Forward Date.  The 2010 Spring Forward takes place on March 14, 2010.  On this date, people set their clocks forward an hour so that they gain an hour of sunlight during the evening hours. This is done with the belief that there will be a net energy savings.

There is an argument over whether or not Daylight Saving Time actually saves energy or not.  However, former president George W. Bush signed a law into effect in 2005 that was implemented in 2007.  This law, among other things, extended DST each year to go from the second Sunday in March to November, instead of from April to October.

In November we go back to Standard Time. There are some areas that do not recognize Daylight Savings time.  They are Arizona, Hawaii, and some counties in Indiana.  In addition the US territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the US Virgin Islands don’t recognize the time change.

Standard Time was created for the railway system.  Many different places set their own times, and it was impossible to print schedules to acomodate all the locations that the railway traveled to.  The US Government then instituted the Standard Time Zones: East, Central, Mountain, and Pacific.

Daylight Savings Time has been in and out of our history.  For now, it’s here and it doesn’t appear to be going anywhere.  Don’t forget to set your clocks forward before you go to bed on Saturday, because the Spring Forward time change takes place March 14, 2010.

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