DAYLIGHT saving time marks the start of summer and longer nights.
Most Americans will have to set their clocks forward one hour when it occurs to ensure that the time they are reading is accurate – but when do they change?
When do the clocks change in Daylight savings time 2022?
In 2022, Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 13, 2022.
Americans will then have to change their clocks back an hour starting on Sunday, November 6, 2022.
Cellphones should adapt to DST and change on their own.
Why do the clocks go forward during daylight saving time?
Clocks “spring” forward so people can get as much daylight and sun as possible.
“DST is a seasonal time change measure where clocks are set ahead of standard time during part of the year, usually by one hour,” Time and Date explains.
“As DST starts, the Sun rises and sets later on the clock than the day before.”
The only states within the United States that do not follow DST are Hawaii and Arizona due to their unique climates.
What is the history of daylight saving time?
George Hudson, a New Zealand resident, came up with the idea for daylight saving time in 1895.
“He proposed a two-hour time shift so he’d have more after-work hours of sunshine to go bug hunting in the summer,” according to National Geographic.
Somehow, Coldplay’s Chris Martin is also part of the unusual origin story.
William Willett, Martin’s great-great-grandfather, “independently” came up with a similar idea while horseback riding in the early part of the 20th century, the media outlet reports.
He proposed it to England’s Parliament, with support from Winston Churchill and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
His proposal was rejected by the British government, and Willett died in 1915, however, his idea was brought up again during World War I – by Germany.
“They remembered Willett’s idea of moving the clock forward and thus having more daylight during working hours,” says author David Prerau.
“While the British were talking about it year after year, the Germans decided to do it more or less by fiat.”
Other countries followed and the US Congress enacted its first daylight savings law in 1918.
Implementation was erratic until the Uniform Time Act of 1966 was passed.
