Daylight Saving Time – Why Do It?
Daylight Saving Time is proven to save on energy because people aren’t turning on their lamps, heat, etc. as early as they would have, had their clocks not been turned back. But that doesn’t mean that Daylight Saving Time has been a hit with everyone. Daylight Saving Time – The History It wasn’t until World War I that countries started to think of observing Daylight Saving Time. The practice of switching the time around has been a muddle ever since. For years after WWI, the United States government let individual states and cities decide whether or not they wanted to observe Daylight Saving Time because it had angered so many people originally. At the time, many Americans were farmers used to getting up early and going to bed early as well. An hour of extra light at night wasn’t going to do them any good. It wasn’t until the mid-1970s that an official law on the matter was passed. And still there are states, such as Hawaii, most of Indiana and Arizona, who do not observe Daylight Savin
