Category: daylight savings

Spring Forward: Daylight Saving Time Means 1 Hour Less of Sleep

March 11, 2023
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This weekend will be one hour shorter than usual, thanks to the onset of daylight saving time at 2 a.m. March 12, meaning residents will have to “spring forward” and turn clocks ahead by one hour. The annual clock-changing ritual will mean one less hour of sleep, so plan accordingly. And as usual, fire officials…

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Spring Forward: Daylight Saving Time Means 1 Hour Less Sleep

March 11, 2023
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This weekend will be one hour shorter than usual, thanks to the onset of daylight saving time at 2 a.m. March 12, meaning residents will have to “spring forward” and turn clocks ahead by one hour. The annual clock-changing ritual will mean one less hour of sleep, so plan accordingly. And as usual, fire officials…

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Californians Gaining One Hour of Sleep as Daylight Saving Time Ends

November 6, 2022
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Despite a majority of California voters’ approval in 2018 to end setting their clocks twice a year, the daylight saving time change returns this Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 a.m. when clocks “fall back” to standard time across the United States. Daylight saving is the practice of setting clocks an hour ahead to take advantage…

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Time Changes Persist Despite Experts’ Consensus to End Daylight Time

November 4, 2022
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Most Canadians will be turning the clocks back by an hour this weekend as various political moves to end seasonal time changes have yet to take broad effect–but experts say we’d be better off without the twice-a-year shift. Daylight time, which sees people enjoy an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day…

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Daylight Savings or Daylight Robbery?

July 24, 2022
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Commentary The European Parliament voted on March 26, 2019, to phase out the twice-yearly ritual of changing the clock in the European Union (EU). The vote, if implemented, would overturn the present directive on summertime arrangements. Daniel Boffey, reporting on this vote, said that member states would then “be able to choose whether to remain…

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