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| Image credit Jinx! via flickr |
If you are like me, daylight saving time is something you've grown up with and you may have even assumed it had some great scientific and historical significance. With clocks changing this weekend in the U.S. and recently elsewhere in the world, I thought it was a good time to take a look at this time-saving phenomenon and what it is all about.
Here are a few factoids about daylight saving that you may not have known. I was surprised to see how recent it was actually started and the real reason behind it...
Who first proposed modern Daylight Saving Time?
Where was the first implementation of Daylight Saving Time?
When did Daylight Saving Time originate in the UK?
When did Daylight Saving Time originate in the U.S.?
Why was Daylight Saving Time implemented in the U.S.?
When does Daylight Saving begin each year in the U.S.?
(as of 2007)
When does Daylight Saving end each year in the U.S.?
(as of 2007)
Where, in the U.S., is Daylight Saving Time not observed?
In the Northern Hemisphere, the time between November and March is called "standard time" and the period between March and November is called "saving time."
BONUS FACTOID: Coldplay's Chirs Martin is the great-great-grandson of the 'father' of British Daylight Savings, William Willettt. One of Coldplay's most popular songs was titled 'Clocks.' hmmmmm.....
Labels: history, holiday, science