Daylight savings time begins the second Sunday of March at 2:00 am in the United States. Daylight savings time is not observed in Hawaii or in most of Arizona (the Navajo Nation does observe it), but it is observed in all other states including Utah.
Daylight savings time has an on-again, off-again affair in the US, and because of this confusion has set in for many people. The first daylight savings law in the US began in 1918 then was repealed in 1919. It was observed in local jurisdictions in 1945, and then became the Uniform Time Act revision in 1972. Emergency Daylight Saving times began in 1974. The Uniform Time Act revision began in 1986. Then there was the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
The US Department of Transportation conducted survey of American and found that people like daylight savings time because it allows for long evenings with daylight and they can enjoy more activities later in the day while they are outside.
Daylight savings time will end the first Sunday in November at 2:00 am in the local time zone.
Sources: Wikipedia and Daylight Savings Time
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Thank God for daylight savings time!!!!!!
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