Spring forward Sunday morning
Daylight saving time goes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9. At this time, clocks will move an hour ahead.
March 8, 2014
Time will spring forward one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning as daylight saving time goes into effect. The idea of shifting clocks ahead was first mentioned by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 but was put into practice in the United States until World War I. Currently, more than 70 countries worldwide observe daylight saving time.
The practice of daylight saving time beginning on the second Sunday of March and ending on the first Sunday in November was implemented in 2007.
Hawaii and Arizona are the only two states that do not observe daylight saving time.
Your Friendly Editor & Historian (Formerly ANONYMOUS) • Mar 11, 2014 at 2:16 pm
Benjamin Franklin did not suggest Daylight savings time, as 18th century Europe did not have access to precise schedules. These were later created in an age after Franklin with the rise of better telecommunications. Franklin only created a satirical letter to Parisians during his time as an envoy to France suggesting them to economize on candles by taxing shutters and rationing out candles to prevent their overuse. An edit: “… but was (not) put into practice in the United States until World War I.”