U.S. Daylight Saving Time lengthenedIn 2007, in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time begins three weeks earlier than in previous years. It was reset by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, signed into law by the president on 8 Aug 2005. Among hundreds of other provisions giving incentives and subsidies concerning energy production and conservation, the Act set the change to DST to begin three weeks earlier, on the second Sunday of March, and end a week later on the first Sunday of November. When it was first introduced in the U.S., On 31 Mar 1918, the U.S. first began daylight saving time (DST) on Easter Sunday, when clocks were set ahead by one hour. The concept was introduced earlier in Great Britain during WWI as a coal-conserving measure.« |
