This weekend, most Americans will once again set their clocks forward an hour, potentially losing a little sleep but getting more glorious sunshine at night as the weather warms into summer.
But where does it all come from?
How we turn the clock forward in the spring, then push it back in the fall, is a story that spans more than a century—one driven by two world wars, periodic mass chaos, and humanity’s desire to bask in the sun Keep your story in the sun for as long as possible.
There’s a lot of controversy over the practice, but about 70 countries (about 40% of the world’s countries) currently use what Americans call Daylight Saving Time.
world war
Germany started using daylight saving time during World War I, believing it would save energy. Other countries, including the United States, soon followed suit. During World War II, the United States once again instituted a nationwide “war period,” this time for the entire year.
After World War II, a patchwork of timekeeping emerged across the United States, with some areas retaining Daylight Saving Time and others abandoning Daylight Saving Time.
In order to avoid this confusion, the U.S. Congress passed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, which stipulated that states can implement daylight saving time or not, but it must be implemented statewide. The bill also establishes the start and end dates for daylight saving time nationwide.
Today in the United States, daylight saving time is observed in every state except Hawaii and Arizona. Around the world, it has also been implemented in Europe, most of Canada and parts of Australia, while Russia and Asia have not.
switch and complain
Changing clocks twice a year causes a lot of complaints, and there is often a push to use standard time year-round or to stick to daylight saving time year-round.
During the energy crisis in the 1970s, the United States began year-round daylight saving time, and Americans did not like it.
David Prerau, the author of the book, said that in some areas, the sun does not rise until around 9 a.m. or later in the winter, and people get up in the dark, go to work in the dark, and go to work in the dark. Send your children to school. “Seizing Daylight: The Curious and Controversial Story of Daylight Saving Time.”
“It became very unpopular very quickly,” he added.
He noted that using standard time year-round means that the United States loses an extra hour of daylight eight months at night.
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