Daylight savings time, Spring forward, Sunday, 3/13/16

Time and Date.com,West Coast, March 13, 2016, Daylight Savings time.

"Spring forward" sound good, but
it's kind of a messed-up annual event.

How can I afford to lose one hour?

"When local standard time is about to reach Sunday, March 13, 2016, 2:00:00 AM clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 13, 2016, 3:00:00 AM local daylight time instead Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on Mar 13, 2016 than the day before. There will be more light in the evening.  Also called Spring Forward, summer time, and Daylight Savings Time."

Related, more information.  March 13, 2016: DST Starts in USA & Canada. ....  Worldwide, Time and date.com,"Upcoming daylight saving time clock changes." A list of world country locations which will change their clocks during the next 4 weeks. USA Sunday, 3/13/16, 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM."

Related, article. KTLA 5/Tracy Bloom, 3/12/16, "As Daylight Saving Time Approaches, California Lawmaker Calls for End to Time Change."  "Assemblyman Kansen Chu’s bill calls for California to observe Standard Pacific Time during the entire year, abolishing the decades-old practice of  'falling back' and 'springing forward.'  Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D- San Jose, recently proposed Assembly Bill 2496, which seeks to end the biannual time changes in California. The measure would undo Proposition 12, the voter-approved daylight saving time initiative that passed in 1949. .... Since then, it has been repealed, reinstated and extended; states can exempt themselves from participating, although nearly all observe the time change, with the exception of Hawaii and most of Arizona."

Note graphics. Sleepless from Nerdwallet/Personal Finance/Kevin Voigt, 3/7/14, "Daylight Saving time: energy saver, sleep killer?" Clock from Faith Promise church blog/Kyle Gilbert, 3/8/14, "Time change weekend."

Posted by Kathy Meeh